Psalm 135

This morning I read Psalm 135. Within the Psalm lies some of my favorite language full of imagery. The Psalmist writes:

"The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the works of human hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak; eyes, but they do not see; they have ears, but they do not hear, and there is no breath in their mouths. Those who make them and all who trust them shall become like them." (135:15-18)

The Psalmist in this passage is just taunting those who worship false gods. He places right in front of them the downfall of their worship. These things that you worship, you made them! How can you worship something that is less than you, something that depended on you to come about, something that you have complete control over? This however is the question today as well though, isn't it? Forget about all of the material things that we worship in the place of God, put that aside for now, I am sure I will comment on that some other time. But for now, think about how we attempt to control God when we worship God. Think of all of the ways which we use the Bible to say what we want it to instead of letting the Bible instruct us. Think of all of our narrow views of a very deep and wide God. Think of all of the ways in which we try to make God ours and only ours when God created the earth and all that is in it.

Let us not try to control God, but to lift up our arms in surrender and let the one who created all guide us in all that we do.