No better than your god

We become like the object we worship. For most people in our materialistic culture, people are just another resource to be used and people's own reality is tied up with the things they see. Not so for Christians. We worship a great God who is filled with compassion, justice, mercy and love. As we experience who he is - his love and his mercy - we become more like him. If all you have are idol then you become like them. As the Psalmist says:

2 Why do the nations say, “Where is their God?” 3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. 4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. 5 They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but they cannot see; 6 they have ears, but cannot hear, noses, but they cannot smell; 7 they have hands, but cannot feel, feet, but they cannot walk; nor can they utter a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them. (Psalm 115:2-8)