recognize idols

"I have declared the former things from the beginning; they went forth from my mouth, and I caused them to hear it. Suddenly I did them and they came to pass.  Because I knew that you were obstinate, and your neck was an iron sinew, and your brow bronze. even from the beginning I have declared it to you; before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my carved image and my molded image have commanded them.' Isaiah 48:3-5

sobering thoughts. God told the Israelites that He had explained to them what He was doing so that they wouldn't claim that their other gods had done it. I don't pretend to be a commentator on Isaiah so I won't attempt to explain the passage as if I am one...
However, in my life, this passage is very applicable. For one reason alone.Idols. For some odd reason, I do think that the idols in my life can deliver satisfaction or that somehow these things that I desire more than God will fulfill me. They don't.
All week I have been thinking about the question, "What will make me happy?" What do I want more than anything else in order to make myself happy? Will it really fulfill me? Will I really be happy when I get it?
For those who read this and struggle with infertility, you know that when God did give you a child, although there is a sweetness and a desire fulfilled, it does not ultimately make you happy. Then your desire moves to something else and you desire that more than God....
For those who are single, or desiring to be single, you may not know yet, but the goal of finding satisfaction in a mate will also be the same. You may reach your goal and have what you desire, only to have lost sight of the truth of God's Word that none can satisfy like God. Or you may gain a spouse only to see that they won't make you happy like you want to be happy, causing you to despise them.
We are only supposed to worship the One True God, not the things He has given us to enjoy for this life.  "Even from the beginning, I have declared it to you, before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you, lest you should say, 'My idol has done them, and my carved image and my molded image have commanded them.' '
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