gods

Zeph 2:11 "The Lord will be awesome to them, for He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth; People shall worship Him, each one from his place. Indeed all the shores of the nations."

What is a god? The dictionary says that it is "any deified person or object". What is that supposed to mean? It means to adore or exalt someone or something to the place of ultimate reverence or worship. It is whatever or whomever we bow down to in our lives. It could be a good thing, like your husband or wife. It could also be stupid things like music.

I watched a little of the Grammy's last night. This was nothing but a bunch of people who deified themselves. To watch Lady Gaga, or some guy who was dressed up like a peacock…it was amazing. The way they acted and carried themselves revealed that they felt that they had some authority and power. And they do. There are all kinds of people in our society who live for and follow Lady Gaga. They go to her concerts, scream and yell for her, and raise their hands in worship before her. The same is true with any sports team. I mean, we make sure that nothing interferes with us watching the game of the week. I wonder why we don't do that with corporate worship?

God says: "I will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth." Anything that we hold dear, anything that we exalt, anything that we put in place of the God of the universe is going to be reduced to nothing. To reduce to nothing means to become lean, to waste away, to become emaciated. All of this stuff that has a pull on our lives, that demands our time and our money and our energy will someday be destroyed. Why? Because only God is awesome. Only God is to be worshipped. And someday, at some time, in some way everyone that has ever lived will realize this and will worship, will bow down, will get very low before the true God, the Lord, Jehovah, the Eternal One. All of the stuff that we put in His place will be reduced to nothing and He alone will be the object of our adoration.

"Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name,(all other gods are reduced to nothing) that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (people shall worship Him each one from his place. Indeed all the shores of the nations)"

I have to ask myself the question: What am I really worshipping? What has my ultimate allegiance?