American Idol

If you thought you were going to get my take on this year's show, surprise. I have enjoyed it more than I thought I would. But Habakkuk today made me think about idols in America today. We think of the Old Testament day as being a time full of idols, but in America today their aren't any less and possibly even more. First we have to get a proper definition of an idol. Below is Webster's definition of an idol.

1: a representation or symbol of an object of worship; broadly : a false god

2 : a likeness of something 

3: a form or appearance visible but without substance 

4: an object of extreme devotion 

5: a false conception 

 

Our definition of an idol should be anything we make more important than God.

An today in America there are many things that fight for the title of more important than God and we all have different ones. Our jobs, our homes, our stuff, the list could go on forever. The question is what's fighting for your attention? In thinking about this just remember Habakkuk 2:18-19

 

¹⁸ “What good is an idol carved by man, or a cast image that deceives you? How foolish to trust in your own creation— a god that can’t even talk! ¹⁹ What sorrow awaits you who say to wooden idols,‘Wake up and save us!’ To speechless stone images you say,‘Rise up and teach us!’ Can an idol tell you what to do? They may be overlaid with gold and silver, but they are lifeless inside. 

 Do not put your trust into things that are lifeless inside instead put your trust in the ONE who gave you life.

By the way I think a Scotty, Jacob or Casey will win American Idol.