When you’ve done all you could to the best of your ability, with all the preparations and perspirations, and still it seems that all your hard work will come to nothing – there’s nothing left to do but to trust God, to let Him take care of the rest. And He did it again! That’s another testimony of God’s ability to come through as demonstrated to us at the Dapitan concert. And beloved, He is worthy to be trusted!

An Old Testament story illustrates the futility of relying on something other than the Lord for help. The Philistines have defeated the Israelites in battle, and they’ve captured the Ark of the Covenant. They put the Ark in their temple, next to a statue of their god, Dagon. The next day they find the statue, fallen on its face before the Ark. They stand it up again, only to find it the following day, toppled over again, this time with its head and hands broken off.

That’s pretty amusing, but the story gets very serious after that. The Philistines are stricken with disease, and they send the Ark from city to city to save themselves from God’s anger. You can read it in 1 Samuel 5 and 6. You would think they’d realize, “Hey, we’re worshipping the wrong god!” Instead, they decided to stick with the idol that has failed them. But God says, “I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God besides Me” (Isaiah 45:5Isaiah 45:5
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5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:  

WP-Bible plugin). Idols don’t have to be something as blatant as statues we bow to. They can be more subtle things, like our possessions or people we look up to. Is your idol a car, or a house, or your work? Is it some celebrity? Or is your idol yourself — your looks, your status? In short, what is it that dominates your thoughts and your activities? If these idols were taken out of your life, would it seem unfulfilling and empty?

Any idol will disappoint you. Cars and motorcycles will break down. Our bodies and our looks will deteriorate. Money and homes can be devalued, or lost in a moment. The people we look up to will fall flat on their faces. Only God and His word will remain, and they are unchanging and sure. As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 8:41 Corinthians 8:4
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4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.  

WP-Bible plugin, “We know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.” Put your faith and your trust in Him alone!