The Idol You Don’t Think You Have
If someone looked at your daily life, what would they say you worship?
Maybe a better question: If Jesus looked at your daily life—how you invest your time, energy, and trust—what would He say?
If you’re a businessman or woman, are you putting your time and trust in financial security over God?
If you’re an athlete, are you putting your time and trust in performance for your own glory?
If you’re a social media influencer, are you putting your time and trust in others’ validation instead of God's voice?
Most of us don’t have statues in our homes, but we bow to success, comfort, and approval every single day.
The Contrast in Isaiah 41
Isaiah 41 paints a picture of idols that need to be propped up—versus the living God who upholds His people.
Verse 7: Propping Up Worthless Idols
"So the craftsman encouraged the goldsmith;
He who smooths with the hammer inspired him who strikes the anvil,
Saying, ‘It is ready for the soldering’;
Then he fastened it with pegs, that it might not totter." (Isaiah 41:7)
👉 Meaning: The idol-makers work hard to make their gods look strong, yet they have to nail them down so they don’t fall over. It’s a picture of how powerless idols really are—they require human effort just to stand.
🔥 What idols are you nailing down to prop up today?
Verse 29: The Emptiness of Idols
"Indeed, they are all worthless;
Their works are nothing;
Their molded images are wind and confusion." (Isaiah 41:29)
👉 Meaning: Idols promise meaning and power but deliver emptiness and chaos. They demand your time, trust, and energy—but they leave you anxious, burned out, and unfulfilled.
🔥 Are you feeling empty? It may be because something in the world has given you a promise.
God’s “I Will” vs. Idols’ Nothingness
Today's idols promise fulfillment but leave people empty, anxious, and exhausted. Meanwhile, God acts, transforms, and provides.
✅ God says “I will”—idols say nothing.
✅ God moves—idols require you to move them.
✅ God strengthens and upholds—idols drain and deceive.
✅ God gives life—idols steal joy.
👉 Trust in the God who moves, not the idols you have to move.
Modern Idols: What’s Taking God’s Place?
🔥 Success & Achievement – When your identity is in work, running, or accomplishments, failure isn’t just disappointing—it’s devastating instead of transformational.
🔥 Comfort & Security – When your goal is a safe, easy life, you reject the faith that requires risk. You miss opportunities for God to calm the storm and call you out onto the water.
🔥 Social Media & Approval – When you live for likes and recognition, you lose sight of God's voice and build your foundation on sand. And when the rain comes—you know how the song goes—the house comes tumbling down.
🔥 Self-Sufficiency – When you trust your own strength more than God's, you live in pride instead of surrender. But eventually, every storm will test a strength you convinced yourself you had. Even if your human strength holds up outwardly, inwardly, the lonely battle buries you in silence.
The “Never-Finished” Challenge: Where’s Your Trust?
What’s the first thing you think about in the morning?
What do you fear losing the most?
That’s where your trust is.
This is one of the many reasons why I start my days with time with Him. Because I have learned that He will help me see my idols and, then, will take time to hold my hand through every victory and every storm.
👉 Isaiah 41:13 says:
"For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’”
💡 God is the One who upholds you—not your idols.
🔥 Tax season is around the corner. It’s time for you and me to do an “idol audit.”
Ask God: Where has my trust shifted?
Repent. Refocus. Isaiah 41 isn’t just about tearing down idols—it’s about putting God back in His rightful place.
Pocket Affirmation: Hold Onto This
✅ You don’t have to hold everything together—God does.
✅ Stop trusting in things that cannot save you.
✅ Wake up to the only One who can.
What Does Today Say About God?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t waste energy on things that don’t matter.
If I were God, I wouldn’t bother putting idols on trial—especially since they can’t speak or do anything.
But God does.
He uses His perfect energy to show us what we need to see—so that when idols demand our attention, we can say no.
Why?
Because we already have the attention of the Creator of the Universe.
🔥 His attention doesn’t just draw me in—it keeps me zealous for more.
And that “more” isn’t about striving or earning.
The “more” is knowing the deepest parts of Him—so that He can transform the deepest parts of me.
🙌 What a God—the only God!
🙌 What a Creator—the only Creator!
🙌 What a Father—the only Perfect Father!
🙌 What a King—this is His Kingdom!
🔥 Thank You, Jesus.
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This is good - the idol audit. Especially when you feel like you've already done inventory, sorted through things, and are "good" on the idol front, something new might be sneaking it's way in. Or, that old idol you thought you smashed down reappears in a new form. For me, I think my idol is always control and it continues to pop up in new seasons in a different form to try to sway me away from God's ultimate control.