Contemplative Bible Reading

Galatians 4:8 (New Living Translation)

Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.

This summarizes the state of the Gentiles in Galatia before the Gospel. They had enslaved themselves to things that didn’t exist. Let’s try to understand that principle.

Think of something that does not exist. Try your favorite fairy tale, like the wooden boy whose nose grows when he lies. Now worship that character in the fairy tale. Sort of, well, silly or something like that? That was the state described by Paul.

No one today is so silly, right? Well…