Goodbook messages arrive every Monday, Thursday, and Friday with a
Scripture reading and ideas for how to apply the reading in our lives. We are
reading through the book of Acts. For additional Scripture reading, you can
follow the Advanced Track.Reading: Acts 17:29
Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by human design and skill.
Application:
It should be easy to distinguish God from things made by human hands. Yet so often the lines get blurred. We can treat God just as if God were another created thing. On the other hand, we can treat things made by people just like they were a god.
Paul mentioned gold and silver. In our day we can treat money like it is God. We place our hope and trust in it. We make it the most important and valuable thing. We spend the majority of our time and energy attempting to acquire it or hold on to it. But we can do this with other created things. Anything that we give higher priority than God, becomes an idol – something we worship. TV, popularity, appearance, status, homes, hobbies, possessions, and even family can become an idol in our life.
It’s helpful to remember that these are just thing – things people have created. They do not care about us or love us. They do not have a mind or a will. They do not know what is best for us. God on the other hand does care about us and know what is best for us. And God is only one worthy of placing our hope and trust in.
I like how Isaiah put it in Isaiah 40 when he said, “With whom, then will you compare God? To what image will you liken Him? … Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens: Who created all these? He who brings out the starry host one by one, and calls them each by name. Because of his mighty power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing … Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. He will not grow weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” (v. 18, 26, 28-31).
1) Treat God like the Creator and Sustainer of your life.
2) Treat created things like what they are - things made by human hands.
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