PrayerBits
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Wednesday
Scripture lesson: Habakkuk 2:18-20 Idols are really dumb
Time to reflect: One of several OT passages that ridicule the idea that anything human made is worthy of veneration or respect. We don't have “idols” in this traditional sense but of course we end up worshiping money, fame, achievement, etc. All of which are just as inanimate and temporary as an idol.
Moving through the day:What are your idols. Take a moment to compose a bit of ridicule, similar to this passage, attacking that which you think to be so important.
Of what value is an idol, since a man has carved it?
Or an image that teaches lies?
For he who makes it trusts in his own creation;
he makes idols that cannot speak.
Woe to him who says to wood, 'Come to life!'
Or to lifeless stone, 'Wake up!'
Can it give guidance?
It is covered with gold and silver;
there is no breath in it.
But the LORD is in his holy temple;
let all the earth be silent before him."
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