Wednesday 6 Jul 2022

July 6: Psalm 115:3-8

Key Verse: Psalm 115:8
Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them.

Devotion:
The hope of the nation of Israel was not in statuettes or other makings of mankind but in The God who lives in Heaven! Even then some turned to silver and gold idols which had been crafted by men – not to speak, not to see, not to hear, smell or feel, not to walk or talk – just to exist as an object people could look at!

Why put your hope and trust in something someone else has made with their hands? I’m not talking about chairs, tables or even cars planes and buildings, but small statues made so people can do something strange like worship them! Putting your faith in a dumb idol is probably akin to putting your faith in “square wheels” being able to roll gently down the hill! They are not real!

The more we live our lives caught up in modern society the more we get drawn into all the things in this world which we trust our lives in. We place our trust in the physical things because we can see them. We place our hope in something we can see rather than what we cannot see. It’s easier that way because we don’t have to think things through… But God wants us to think things through and to put our faith and trust in the truth instead of what someone said in the heat of the moment!

God is our living breathing faithful God. He has done everything for us to get to know Him – but we have to step forward and make that choice to get to know Him. He has done so much already for us so we can be safe – but we have to make that choice to ask Him to protect and guide us. God hasn’t put everything in place so we don’t have a choice, He has put it all here so we do have the choice… Choose life!

Points to Ponder:
Do you choose to follow Christ?

Will you trust Him?