About Idols

"Idols are the things we turn to that give our lives meaning. They are the things of which we say, 'I need this to make me happy' or 'If I don't have this, my life is worthless and meaningless.' We say by implication, 'Lord, it's good to have You, but there is this other thing which I must have or my life is not happy or meaningful. If I can't have it, I will despair. You are not enough. I need this, too, as a requirement for being fulfilled. In fact, if You would take this from me, I'd turn my back on You. For You are negotiable, but this is not. This is the real goal of my life. If you don't prove to be useful in me achieving it, I might turn on You.' We must learn to ask, 'Is there something that is too important to me?' or 'What are you giving your life to?'" -- Tim Keller

“Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. Who is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare and set it before me, since I appointed an ancient people. Let them declare what is to come, and what will happen. Fear not, nor be afraid: have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any.” 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. Who fashions a god or casts an idol that is profitable for nothing?” --Isaiah 44:6-10

"Has a nation ever exchanged its gods? Yet they are not gods at all. But my people have exchanged their Glory for worthless idols. Be appalled at this, O heavens, and shudder with great horror," declares the Lord. "My people have committed two sins: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water." -- Jeremiah 2:11-13

Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty forever. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." -- John 4:13-14