Thus shall you say to them: “The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens.” Jeremiah 10:11 - Today’s chapter is all about highlighting the vast differences between the Lord and the worthless idols Judah was creating. The prophet spoke of idols as useless, speechless hunks of wood. That people would go out into the forest, cut down a tree, carve it to look pretty, put shiny things in it, and then declare it as the god they worship. How ridiculous is that! About such “gods” the Lord speaks and says our verse above. These gods whose hands didn’t make the heavens and whose voice didn’t speak the earth, will die and fade away from the very heaven and earth they didn’t make. Their wood idols would rot. Their stone idols would erode. Their gold idols would be melted. Their idols would come to nothing and the idols themselves could do nothing about it for there was no life in them. Yet, the people remained to place all their worship and hope in these things over the living God. Let’s be careful that we aren’t placing our hope in things that will fade from heaven and earth someday. Someday your job will be no more. Someday your money will be spent or given to someone else. Someday that person will no longer be here. While these sorts of things are places many in our world choose to place their hope in, they are as temporary and useless in the long run as a wooden idol. You don’t have to place your hope in something that has an expiration date, our eternal Savior named Jesus is here and can be the source of all your hope in life. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3239
Question To Ponder: What is another temporary thing within this life we could place our hope in?
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