For this lent season, I am doing a forty-day study in the Psalms looking for aspects of the atonement that will end around Easter. My hope is to generate a newfound awe of what Christ did on the cross.
Psalm 115:4-8
[4] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. [5] They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.[6] They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. [7] They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. [8] Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.
Here we see that the Psalmist gives this stark reality that we become what we worship. In verses 4 through 7 the Psalmist gives us a description of idols that have mouths but do not speak; eyes that do not see; ears that do not hear; noses that cannot smell; hands that cannot feel and have feet but cannot walk. Verse 8 says if we trust the idols we make we become like them. We lose the ability to hear God; we lose the ability to speak to God; basically we become deaf and numb to God.
Even though this is a stark reality about idolatry; there is a greater reality that comes from our hope in a Christ who died the idolater. Meaning, he took on our idolatrous sin upon Himself. He not only died for our idolatry, but he died with it, meaning it was on Him as he died for our sin. This is the good news right? We have hope in God who doesn't leave us deaf and numb from our sins of idolatry. The truth is we do become what we worship, so if we put our trust in God we can become godly. If we put our trust in Christ; we become Christ like. If we put our trust in the Holy Spirit we become Spirit led. This is what God wants for us; isn't that amazing?
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