Psalm 135:15-18 (NLT)
The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold, shaped by human hands.
They have mouths but cannot speak, and eyes but cannot see.
They have ears but cannot hear, and noses but cannot smell.
And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.
“The Psalmist described the connection between this inner blindness and idolatry… Make and trust a blind idol, and you become blind. Apply that principle to the modern world, and think of the idols of our own day. What we do make and what do we trust? Things. Toys. Technology. And so our hearts and our affections are formed by these things. They compress the void in our heart into shapes like toys. The result is that we are easily moved and excited by things- computers, cars, appliances, entertainment media. They seem to fit the shape into our heart. They feel good in the tiny spaces they have made. But in this readiness to receive pleasure from things, we’re ill-shaped for Christ. He seems unreal, unattractive. The eyes of our hearts grow dull.”
From "When I Don’t Desire GOD by John Piper" (page 58)
