DEEPER LIFE DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
Daily Manna by Pastor Kumuyi is a daily devotional sets out to provide spiritual nourishment for the believers who truly seek God and would walk closely with Him.
The Topic of Deeper Life Daily Manna Devotional for 20th July 2025 Is “The Folly Of Idolatry”
Text: Acts 7:36-53 (KJV)
KEY VERSE: (Acts 7:41)
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
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DAILY MANNA FOR TODAY
It was J. McMath who said, “Today’s idols are more in the self than on the shelf. That for which I would give anything and accept nothing in exchange is the most important thing in my life. Whatever that is, is my god.”
Solomon, in Ecclesiastes 7:29 noted that God created man upright, but they have sought many inventions. These include carving graven images transformed into intermediaries between man and the various gods. The foolishness of all idol worshippers is illustrated in the story of the golden calf highlighted in our text. While Moses tarried in the presence of God to receive the Ten Commandments, the children of Israel relapsed into idolatry. They persuaded Aaron to make a golden calf from their smelted earrings, which they acknowledged and worshipped as their god, contrary to the first and second commandments (Exodus 20:3,4). Since they created the image, how could it have been their God? And since they intended to carry the calf before them, how could it have saved them? The children of Israel failed to reason appropriately. They copied the practice of their neighbours worshipping Baal, Molech, and other idols. Sadly, this is still the case in many communities with a pantheon of gods: the god of thunder, the god of iron, the goddess of the river, the god of the sky, and the god of the underworld. Idolatry is, indeed, a product of twisted imagination and evil thoughts.
Today, idolatry has gone beyond bowing down before a physical object. Idolatry can be defined as the worshipping of anything or being outside God. Besides God, whatever takes the most important part of your heart has become your idol. The idol could be power, wealth, achievements, fashion, or sports. These false deities divert people’s attention away from the true God. In the end, idolaters will discover that all those who run after other gods will have their sorrow multiplied (Psalm 16:4). In Isaiah 45:5, God says, I am the Lord and none else besides me. All idolaters will be excluded from heaven (1 Corinthians 6:19; Revelation 21:8) except they repent and turn from their evil way (2 Corinthians 6:14-18). Believers should, therefore, abstain from the pollution of idols as they patiently wait for the Lord’s second coming.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Idol worship reflects man’s foolishness.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 26-27
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