Psalm 96:5

Psalm 96:5

The Lord made the heavens

The word “idol”, in our vocabulary, immediately provokes images of statues and man-made icons that are venerated by misguided human beings. Our Garden Centres all sell Buddhas nowadays and a lot of people superstitiously place these ugly effigies in their gardens as some kind of symbol of peaceful mediation! So what is an idol? Most people would define it as an object to which we give our worship. The Bible seems to go further and suggests that an idol is any person or thing that consumes your thoughts, words, time, energy, or money, other than God.

Ancient peoples did, of course, have their statues and symbolic images of their gods. They also worshipped natural phenomena such as the sun and moon and stars. Their gods had names, and temples and altars were built on high places so that sacrifices could be made and praise and prayer could be offered. Ancient religions had priests and ceremonies and the superstitions generated by these cults overshadowed the everyday lives of the worshippers. Nothing has changed, false religion still dominates the lives of millions of people across the world. The Lord is quite clear, all of this nonsense is idolatry. What’s worse is that each and every one of these avenues of faith leads people away from the true God. Every one of them is a ploy of the devil and his demons to allure gullible men and women to worship objects and to come under the spells of demonic powers that serve the ruler of this world.

The Satan did not make the heavens – God did. The Satan did not create the heavenly creatures – God did. The Satan did not give life to creation – God did. The list is a long one! Worship the Lord and Him alone, do not put your faith in anyone or anything except Him, for all other gods are but idols, sent to allure us away from the truth. The gods were deemed to dwell in the heavens, but OUR GOD MADE THE HEAVENS! Hallelujah!

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