“Remember, you must not make any idols of silver or gold to rival me…Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.” (Exodus 20:23-24 NLT)
Altar good. Idol bad.
We are called to make altars, not idols.
We are asked to erect monuments of God’s glory rather than places of competition.
Altars require intentionality. Idols happen by accident.
Altars draw toward God. Idols push us away from Him.
An altar building people are a blessed people because they continually remember God. And in turn, He remembers them.
We are all singing some sort of worship with our lives, what are we exalting? Who are we celebrating? How eternal is our gaze? Idols will never fill the void that God intentionally created just for Himself. He alone will do. The sooner we can stop crafting idols and start building altars, the closer we come to figuring that out and finding that He alone is enough.
“You have no rival, You have no equal
Now and forever, Our God reigns
Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory
Yours is the Name, above all names”
(What a Beautiful Name, Hillsong)
Now and forever, Our God reigns
Yours is the Kingdom, Yours is the glory
Yours is the Name, above all names”
(What a Beautiful Name, Hillsong)
