Not all beautiful things are useful.
Take that shiny sports car with only two seats. Where do the kids go? How about the dog? And if we want the spouse to ride along?
Or that wedding band? After the divorce, it’s about as useful as a rock tied around our neck.
Pretty is as pretty does. That means that our minivan becomes more attractive when all our stuff fits inside, and the marriage carries more importance than the wedding band we wear.
How does that work spiritually?
Isaiah 44:9 tells us:
“All who fashion idols are nothing, and the things they delight in do not profit. Their witnesses neither see nor know, that they may be put to shame.”
Isaiah is telling us that when our goals in life are to make things around us pretty with fat bank accounts, luxurious homes, and fine cars, and we don’t use those things to better the lives of others, we become a shameful hindrance to the caring, compassion, and generosity that should exemplify the life of a professing Christian.
If we act like Christ, we become like Christ; and there’s no other point in getting out of bed each day.
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