Faceless Emotionless Powerless Nothing

Isaiah 41:24 [AMP] Behold, you [idols] are nothing, and your work is nothing! The worshiper who chooses you is an abomination [extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in God's sight].

An Idol is anything that I worship in the place of God. Anything that catches my gaze more than Him. It does not have to be a sin but anything or any situation that we place on a pedestal above God.

My belief in God does not necessarily mean I trust Him enough to give Him control in all areas of my life. It could be fear, inadequacies, addictions, or unforgiveness. Any area that I have not surrendered becomes an idol. Now understand there is a difference between struggles and idols. I can struggle with things but when God asks me to give it to Him am I willing to fall on my face at His feet and simply say, “Jesus forgive me for allowing my fear (or whatever the struggle) to take the place of your rule in this area of my life. I humble myself and my thoughts and I give this to you.” Our struggle becomes an Idol when I feel Him pulling on that area in my life and instead of humbly giving it to Him I clutch it tighter and retreat with it back into the dark places of my heart. It is at this point where I am saying “Jesus this struggle is greater than You can handle and I do not trust you enough to give it to You”.

Look at what God says about my idols in Isaiah 41:24 part A, “they are nothing and their work is nothing.” I am giving reign to something in my life that is nothing. The Idols I have clutched onto what have they done for me? Nothing. In all actuality, they are empty thoughts and ideas that have taken root in my life not from truth but from speculation, lies, and propaganda. They are empty thoughts and Ideas that I have placed on the altar of my heart and chose to exalt. So ultimately I am choosing to worship an Idol that has no substance but is a faceless emotionless powerless nothing. My desire for control tells God I don’t trust in His plan for my life. I am higher than He is, I know more than He does, so I choose not to recognize God as El Elyon or God Most High.

The word "Elyon" is an adjective and derives from the Hebrew root 'lh, meaning to "go up" or "ascend", it denotes that which is highest or uppermost. El Elyon means “God Most High”. When applied to God, the name "Elyon" stresses His highest supremacy. When the two names "El" and "Elyon" are combined, the resultant name can be literally translated as "the Extremely-Exalted, Sovereign, High God", as in Psalm 78:35 — "They remembered that God [Elohim] was their rock, the Most High God [El Elyon] their redeemer."

There is none higher than God. There is not a single person or being that can lift themselves to the same level or above God and be able to look down on God, He is greater, higher, and more powerful than anyone or anything. No one can be eye to eye with God El Elyon. But yet in my pride, I do not look upon God as the Most High, God above all, and over all. I have let the Noise of Society propagate in me a deep-rooted ignorance to think God is on the same level as World Leaders, Politicians, Athletes, and Entertainers. But please do not be fooled or lulled by the propaganda from the Noise of Society, I may not recognize God as the Most High in my limited human understanding but the way I, “The Created”, perceive God, “The Creator”, in my limited thinking does not make it so. He is God Most High my Creator there is no one greater, more powerful, or more loving than our God.

When I lift my thoughts or Idols above Him, God goes on in part B of Isaiah 41:24 to say: “The worshiper who chooses you is an abomination [extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in God's sight].”

I do not need to go into a lot of explanation this is pretty self-explanatory. If I put anything in my life as an Idol above God I am disgusting, shameful, and vile in God’s sight. The fact that I put an Idol that is nothing and does nothing above God disgusts Him.

Once I start to understand who El Elyon, the Extremely-Exalted, Sovereign, High God says I am my struggles become my worship. My struggle become the very thing that pushes me to Worship. Through the humility of my worship and laying all that I am at His feet, I properly recognize His place as God Most High which gives me the confidence and trust to run into the arms of my Abba God again and again and again. As I look back over my life I clearly see God's fingerprints all over my life. I see how He gave me favor, how He provided, How He healed and delivered me. I see time and time again where He picked me up after I fell, dusted me off, pointed me in the right direction, and gave me a pat on the butt to keep going. No matter where I am in my walk with Jesus, there is always a deeper level of worship, a deeper level of surrender. His love for me is fierce but unsatisfied when I only give him pieces of my heart. God wants all of me and will never relent in His pursuit until He has every single part of me, even the darkest of places of my life I am embarrassed and uncomfortable with. God’s love for me is relentless and He desires for me to know Him intimately.

Knowing Him intimately is something that has to be cultivated daily. It needs to become an addiction to the point where I crave His presence. Where I can’t wait to get alone with God and get lost in His Presence. Getting lost does not mean saying a few prayers while on my way to work or reading a 15-minute devotional. The definition of Lost is “ Not knowing one’s whereabouts”. I need to get that deep into my regular times with Jesus that I lose track of time, I lose track of where I am. My heart and mind are so focused on Jesus that I lose myself in Him. Once I have been in that place nothing else will matter. There is a song titled “Nothing Else Matters” written by John Wesley Honaker of Reach City Worship that defines it best.

Renew My heart God it’s Yours

You are all I’m living for

In you alone is my delight

Jesus, only you can satisfy

At the sound of your name

Shadows flee and tremble

Every fear cast away

Here I am I surrender

So I will sit at your feet, and rest in your peace.

Here’s where I find your all that I needed.

I’ll be still and know that your in control God

I’ll pour out my life till nothing else matters.

I have got to learn that outside of being in His Presence, Nothing Else Matters.