AS MEN CREATED A GOD
As Thou art the beginning and the end of all creation,
men tried to duplicate Thee throughout every nation, but man can not create a
god who exists beyond all creation.
Statues of golden effigies made by man to hold in
adoration, no breath, no speech, no
touch, nor even small intellect was contained in these lifeless formations.
Men created their lifeless gods according to their self
serving plans, inveighed them with the finite traits of man, including all the
foolish whims to which man could relate.
Elohim, Thou created all life and Thou art the only one
like Thee, for all of mankind’s abilities will fail to create a personage that
can come close to being Thee.
Nurture me, Omnipotent Lord Eternal God, with the
wonderful grace of True Faith in Thee and grant that I may never fall victim to
the misleading temptations of idolatry.
Creation of man, an empty effigy, a god it can never be,
for to be God one must beyond creation be, as the One True God Elohim existed
long before creation came to be.
Redeem me Lord from iniquity, favor me with Thy grace of
faith, take Thy rightful place within my heart, for though men created a false
god, it falls far short of being Thee.
Each day is such a battle, for many are the lures that
turn mankind from Thee, some of them little things we over price and elevate to
a place of status in spite of Thee.
All the idols of feeble man, including sinful avarice,
covertness and greed are false gods of mans design which feeds his misdirected
sense of selfish control and need.
The Bible tells the story of a nation that fled from
slavery, though visibly protected by Thy guiding hand, they none the less built
themselves a god according to their plan.
Elohim Thou existed without man’s help before the dawn
of time, how great the love Thou has offered man, that Thou resisted destroying
him for his sinful idolatry.
Deliver us from evil Lord, help us stamp out idolatry,
for man can never create a God like Thee, for to be God one must beyond
creation be and that is only Thee.
A lmighty are Thee,
The One True God, for Thou art not formed of man’s feeble finite
creation, as from Thy Word all that now exists, exists by Thy omnipotent
creation.
G rant oh Lord Thy presence in my life, from within me
grant the grace I need to resist a god such as men created, that in idolatries
worship I’ll not be fated .
O mnipotent omnipresent God, the Creator not created, I
ask of Thee that despite the daily pressures of my fellow men, I do not fall to
the practice of idolatry.
D ivine Father Creator, One never created as men was
created, I ask of Thee to abide in me and save me from the sin of idolatry.