“What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols! Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, ‘Awake; to a silent stone, Arise!’ Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it. But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him” (Habakkuk 2:18-20).
Here, the Lord examines the logic of trusting in idols. He explains that a piece of wood or a stone covered with gold or silver is still only a rock or a piece of wood. And there is no breath (life!) in it.
In contrast, the Lord sits on His throne, alive and well.
Why is it so easy to look at these folks and say, “Why do you trust in that rock, wood, glass, etc., instead of the Lord?” But so difficult to realize that I can do similar things? I may not trust in a little statue, but I have said, “This is my lucky shirt.” Most of the time, I trust in myself rather than the Lord. That’s only slightly better than trusting in a stone, but still idolatry.
Lord, please help me to trust in you alone. Amen.
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