Tue Jul 07 2026 15:02:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Jeremiah 10:14-16

All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed. The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob’s descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all.”

Over time the imagery of idols has become more and more elusive, but the danger continues to be very real. What we are talking about is complete immersion where we give all of ourselves to something. We can choose to give ourselves over to almost anything: technology, television, fitness, work, etc. You can see what you worship by both the time you spend on it, as well as the worth you gain from it. We have been created to worship the living God alone. Only He is able to satisfy. Jesus said to the woman at the well, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." (John 4:13-14) Idols always promise what they cannot deliver. Jesus delivers on everything He promises.