Meditation – April 19, 2009

Posted on Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Scripture: The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. Psalm 135:15-18

Prayer: I came upon these verses after viewing the pink filigree of clouds above the sea as the sun was preparing to rise. Teach me about idols.

Response: idols are what keep your attention from me. It may be for an instant or constant as you allow your attention to be captured. Before you exclude yourself from idol worship because you don’t consider yourself rich, explore the traits of idols and those who become like them. They have a mouth but have lost capacity to speak; they have ears, but cannot hear; and there is no breath within. And let me repeat that this is a description of idols and those who become like them.

Idols serve as a shortcut for idle, even lazy souls. Would that your journey on the path could be a virtual one taken from your recliner, but it isn’t; you must take the steps, no idol substitutes. The capacity to speak, engage, see, hear, and breathe are all aspects of who you are in union with me.

And idols are not limited, of course, to a golden calf to be worshipped; they are found crafted in all the corridors of the mind and heart, encompassing what one does with precious time, and with scant consideration to the person one is now. Before you consider yourself guilty as charged or innocent, accept if you will that I seek a special, direct, current, authentic relationship with you. I need no intermediaries; do you? Reflect upon what I have provided you.

All for this morning.

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