IDOLS

 

                                                                                                                 Timothy Abegunde - Nigeria

The religion sikhism was born out of abhorrence and opposition to idols. I read through a publication on world religions and noticed an irony; the skihs believed in sacredness, thus a transitory sacred literature - the 'granth' emerges. The Sikhs placed high regards on their sacred book; dressed it in costly brocade and sit it on a jeweled canopy throne. Soon, they began to worship their sacred writings. Thus, the religion that began by repudiating idols now idolizes its own sacred book.

World history record birth of several levels and degrees of religions as a result of man's endless internal crave to worship something. Generally, humans tend to believe that there is a supernatural power that tends to effect our living. Even science of evolution idealizes that there is an initial force that sparked up something that gradually, in time lead to everything.

 Every man revere something(s) – whether consciously or otherwise; It is our in-born nature

(You can examine yourself and confirm that). Even the bad guys as we call it (their chiefs - Hitler, Napoleon, Capone, Pharaoh, Osama Bin Ladin and many more) do the evil they did out of deep desire for something - something they love or believe in - say for example power, fame, wealth, religion among many more.

Again, every being tends to worship that which he worships until that which he worships begins to influence him to influence himself or/and others (pun intended). It happens to us all, very consistently. Let me at this junction ask, 'What/who do you worship? What/who is your idol?'

Now, don't be quick to answer me by saying 'God': Somehow, our generation had seen the worship of God as the ultimate, a modern or civilized phenomenon; God been the corresponding idol. But truth is, that deduction had been right only in the outward; a social thing. God till now seeks worshippers. Those who will see reverence to their creator in spirit and in truth as their only desire. This consciousness will eventually place you on the track he actually predestined for mankind through Christ Jesus.

This my point: If your Creator is your Idol, other things he created will make you their Idol. If you make other things he created your idols he will move away from you, hoping that one day you will see the simplicity of worship.