The Blind Worshipping the Blind

“Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?”

Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him.

But their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands.

They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see.

They have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

 They have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk,

   nor can they utter a sound with their throats.

Those who make them will be like them,

and so will all who trust in them.

Psalm 115:2-8

Have you ever been ‘blind-sided’?

  That term means: “to hit from the blind side” and has come to mean any unexpected or unseen hit, tackle or attack.

How about a blind date?

Ever go on one of those?

You placed your trust in the person who set it up; didn’t you?

Last question – how many switched lanes in traffic, or attempted to, only to discover there was an unseen car in your blind spot?

All right – the common word in all of our examples is “blind”. 

I have talked a few times in this blog about self-examination and the value of it. Sometimes, though, I think we need to emphasize the “second opinion” that is always present when a believer examines their relationship with God.

You see when it comes to idol worship we become deaf, dumb and blind to our devotion (see verse 8 above).

Even our own self-examination is tainted by our idol worship.

That is why we need the Holy Spirit and the second opinion that He brings.

We can be blind to our own areas of idol worship.

We rationalize our long hours of work and certainly don’t consider it an idol.

We excuse away the devotion to that celebrity that steals all our time and attention.

We are blind to the sum total of dollars we spent in pursuit of leisure because; after all, what is more important than our well-being through recreation?

Self-examination can be futile when we refuse to be honest with ourselves or fail to acknowledge what the Holy Spirit may be revealing.

We need hearing ears when the Holy Spirit lays it on the line and tells us in no uncertain terms what has become an idol in our lives. 

Ask God to help you to be honest with yourself and with Him and to have no other gods before Him. Allow Him to reveal those areas where He has been second fiddle or where it may be that you are walking dangerously close to that line.