Idols

Acts 7:41(KJV)
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

This scripture is recounting the days of the children of Israel, when they were in the wilderness and made unto themselves their own god to worship. When the word idol comes up, the first thought that usually comes up in our minds is the golden calf, and bowing down to worship it. So when we talk about idol worship we say were good because we will never worship a statue. But the key phrase in that scripture is, in those days. We’re in different days, different idols, that you may or may not have even considered to be.

An idol according to Webster’s 1828 dictionary is: Anything on which we set our affections; that to which we indulge an excessive and sinful attachment; An idol is anything which usurps the place of God in the hearts of his rational creatures.

Last night God gave me a dream, and I woke up this morning 9/26/09 at 4:47am. I asked God to give me an interpretation of what the dream was about. Below I am describing what the dream was about and an interpretation of what God has given me so far is provided after.

The dream starts out; I am in this huge auditorium, it looks like some kind of school and it’s a stormy night outside. All of a sudden this big monster looking creature comes out and he is teaching everybody how to garner peace. He’ll come up to a person and the person would praise him and acknowledge him and a superficial peace would come over them and they would calm down. I soon find out that this monster is not a real monster but rather a man in a monster suit. This goes on for awhile and then I move on to the next sequence of the dream.

In this sequence of the dream I am with some people and it is very apparent that they are very wealthy, but I’m not like them, I feel like an outcast for some reason. I’m walking around this huge mansion and admiring all of their material luxuries. I go into their front room and I see them praising the beast like he had taught them in that big auditorium. Then I move on to the next sequence of the dream.

In this sequence I am with my wife in a place that I perceive to be our home. Have you ever heard the saying “Home is where the heart is”, so I am laying in the bed and a fear comes over me and I can sense that this beast is getting ready to show up in front of me so I can also praise him to get that superficial peace that he provides. My first intention is to go lock the door so he can’t get in, I get up in haste to rush to lock the door but I find that my wife has already locked the door. I am by the door and I hear these giant footsteps coming down the hall, and I called out to my wife in a loud voice saying TRACY, and then I woke up.

I woke up very confused of this dream, I asked God what it meant and this what He is revealing so far. The man in the monster suit is the devil, the first sequence represents how we are trained in our society we have been deceived to find peace in other things besides God. We try to find peace in the material things that only suffice us for a short while.

The second sequence was a tempting sequence; the devil was saying if you bow down and praise me you will have all of these luxuries in the world. He was saying just look at these guys you are with, see this big house, see the car, look at the money, just do what they are doing and you can have all this too.

The third sequence represents my own heart; the devil will try and tempt you through your heart first. In this sequence the door to my heart was already locked by my wife Tracy. As her being my wife that is her role that God has given her; to protect the heart of her husband.

When God created Eve, He created her from the rib of Adam. That rib that God took to create Eve was the rib that is used to protect the heart. God intended one of the roles of the wife to act in place of that rib that he used to create woman. He intended the woman to be the protectors of their husband’s hearts. This is why men can be more sensitive than women when it comes to the internal at times.

This is exactly how Satan got Adam to eat of the fruit of the forbidden tree. Many people believe he went to Eve first because she was the weakest, but it is quite the opposite. Eve was the strongest, because of her God given role and Adams mate. He knew to get to the heart of the man he had to get pass the protector of the heart which was Eve. After he accomplished this, he made the tree of knowledge and evil look more desiring to them than God was. They place that tree above God, and that in turn created that tree into their idol, and we all know what happens next.

So let’s look at our own lives, have we placed anything in our lives above God. Whether it be our fancy educations, fancy cars, fancy houses, fancy kids, fancy spouses. What are you sacrificing most of your time and even finances to? Is it to God or is it the works of your own hands.

I pray this has been a blessing on your life

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries