Today's reading: Acts 17-18
"While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was deeply troubled by all the idols he saw everywhere in the city." Acts 17:16 NLT
Maybe Paul's resolve wasn't tempted by the idols surrounding him.
I tend to think he had 'put to rest' any tug gods had on his heart and mind.
There's a good possibility he saw the trinkets and little statues as what they were, merely modeled shapes of silver and wood.
But his heart hurt for the people who bought into the lie.
The folks who trusted in the man-made gods.
The people who carried these pocket idols with them everywhere they went, depending upon their powers.
He hurt for them--because they didn't know His Lord and Savior.
Are you deeply troubled by all the idols you see around you? Does it break your heart to know there are so many sin-sick and grasping for gods who cannot help them?
Or have we become so accustomed to what's around us that it doesn't trouble us any more?
