“What Other Gods?”

Jeremiah 1: 16b: “Whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.” Who sacrifices to hand-made gods in 2019? Few, but many worship the work of their own hands: This building I made with my own hands, this business I made with my own hands, this family I made with my own hands, this theology or philosophy I made with my own hands, even this Church that I made with my own hands … When we forget that it is the Lord Who builds (Psalm 127: 1) we make gods of the works of our hands, and they become idols to us. Lent reminds us to beware of such gods!