A Lie?

He trusts something that can’t help him at all.  Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”  Isaiah 44:20b (NLT)

Isaiah was talking about a piece of metal or wood that ancient people worshiped.  How foolish of them.  I look down on their lack of sophistication.   I would never trust anything so shallow.  

Yet I often see in myself  and others a reluctance to ask the really hard questions about the things we hold close and depend on and functionally worship.  Are they cheap substitutes  for God and His best for us that we’ve become comfortable with? 

A relationship?  A job?  A hobby (blogging and Facebook counts)?  Church?  Music?  Sports?  Money?  Sex? Reputation? 

 Can I bring myself to even ask?  Is what I’m holding in my hand a lie?