Monday - Psalm 115 - Not unto Us

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ontrary to the thinking of some modern philosophers, men did not make God.  He is not a projection of our mind.  He is not an invention of the weak and lonely.  God made us.  We are His invention.  We are products of His creative mind.  However, there HAVE been MANY gods who have been invented by men.  Naturally, if a man makes his god, then any accolades offered would have to be directed at the man, not at his dead deity.  Of course, there are no accolades deserved by either one (Psalm 115:8).  The man who worships a contrived divinity is spiritually and intellectually as dumb, deaf, blind, impotent and immobile as his idol is physically.  Trusting in someone who is even less competent than you are doesn't exactly make a lot of sense.

But when it comes to the true God, there is no question that accolades are not only deserved, they are expected.  And we are most definitely not the ones who deserve the honor.  The psalmist wrote, "Not unto us, 0LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory!"  We are so weak and helpless.  There are so many things that we can't do.  In fact, many of things that we can do and that we want to do, we still find ourselves somehow falling short of accomplishing them.  But this is not true with God.  He transcends us.  He does whatever He wants to do (Psalm 115:3).  As such, He is so very worthy of our confidence. So, instead of seeking for commendations and approval for ourselves, let us praise the only One who is truly worthy of praise.  Praise God!