Psalm 135:15-18 “15 The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, the work of man’s hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; they have eyes, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear, nor is there any breath at all in their mouths. 18 Those who make them will be like them, yes, everyone who trusts in them.”
WHAT IS YOUR GOD?
The Psalmist nails it here. The things we worship other than God cannot see, hear or talk. Yet, we idolize them. We spend exorbitant amounts of money to obtain and maintain them. Anything we possess can possess us.
Think about the things in your life you spend the most time on. I read somewhere recently that if the average person read the Bible as much as they watched TV they could read through the entire Bible in one month. Wow! Guilty! I know I spend way too much time in front of that thing. But TV isn’t the only “god” we have. I could name dozens of others. What is yours?
TEACHING MOMENT
The point is this – we must teach our children what to worship, or should I say WHO to worship. They need to know that the most important thing in the world to us is God. We must model for them true worship. There is NOTHING wrong with having nice things and even spending time on them. But we must hold them with open hands.
Our children will adopt our faith when they are small. We read to them from His Word. We take them to church. We send them to church summer camp. But we must be laying a foundation for the day when our faith becomes their faith. And we must build that foundation with solid stones.
Mom and Dad, are you laying the right stones? Are you pointing your children in the right direction? Is church something that you do on the weekend, if it’s convenient? Do you make God the priority in your life by spending time with Him each day?
A Moment In Time 