Some gods just can’t stand up to the occasion. We find this record of the uselessness of the gods we create in 1 Samuel 5.
1 Sam 5:2-4
When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon’s torso was left of it.
Dagon disappeared from history because he was only a figment of the Philistine imagination. However, of the manufacture of deities, there will be no end.
One of my college professors once stated, “And then man made god in his image.” I wrote that down because I thought it was a brilliant statement. Years later I discovered how lacking I was in the knowledge of the true and living God.
Have you ever created one and found him useless?
Think about it.
Gary