Idol Worship

During our time here in Macedonia I have become more and more saddened by the mass worship and hope people put into idols. They give their money, light their candles and pray to their saints when in reality they know little to nothing about the saint to whom they pray. They do not know that most of the “saints,” if alive today, would point them to Jesus Christ. They would plead with them to stop idolizing them and to start worshipping the One True God who Alone can save. I was burdened with this in America as people have their statues of Mary (who was a fantastic role model, but not able, by any stretch of Scripture, to answer our prayers or redeem us from sin) and their little Buddhas (who can only give you a list of rules and maybe make you a “better person,” but still cannot change the human heart), but here in Macedonia, it has broken my heart. People pour their lives into forming, carving, melting an image of some man who has no power to save you from an eternity separated from the one thing for which you truly long, a relationship with the one who created you.

“Inasmuch as there is none like you O Lord (You are great and your name is great in might), who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is your rightful due. For among you all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, their is none like You. But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; a wooden idol is a worthless doctrine. Silver is beaten into plates... But the Lord is the true God; He is the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth will tremble and the nations will not be able to endure his indignation. The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens. He has made the earth by His power, He has established the world by His wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.” Jeremiah 10:6-12

Please pray that the Macedonians will see and understand this truth and that they will worship the one true God who can change their hearts forever, not by any works that they have done, but by the power of his Spirit. He loves them unconditionally and He is pursuing a relationship with them. Pray that they will not be blinded by the idols they have set up around them. Pray that they won’t be too busy trying to be good people to accept the sacrifice Christ made for them on the cross.

God desires a relationship with you too. I know some of you are still exploring the right way for you or striving to work your way into heaven, but the Lord offers His love to you. He offers to change you from the inside out. No other god can do that. Every other religion is works based. But Christ already did all the work. There is nothing left for you to do except accept Him as your Lord and Savior. You will never be “good” enough on your own. God created you. He knows “your sitting down and your rising up” (Ps. 139). There is no where you can go to flee His love for you. It is deeper and wider and higher and greater than anything we can dare to imagine. No other god loves you. No other god offers to make you pure. There is none like our God!!! We plead with you as we plead with the Macedonians, do not forgo the chance to know true love. Give your life to Christ. Please email us if you have any questions or if you would like to accept God’s gift to you. We would be more than happy to talk with you about any of this. We love you all and we are so grateful for your friendship and support!!!