Sadiri Joy Tira. Look at the huge malls around us, these shattered temples. After the pandemic season, these places have become Temples of Commercialism, where multitudes of Filipinos and other Economic Diasporas (in Canada) spend hours on weekends. There, they sacrifice most of their earnings in these temples — their frequent place of gatherings, even on Christian sacred days and holidays.
The god of commercialism has a hand but doesn’t move, it has an ear but cannot listen, this god is dead! Beware of idols, which are described in Psalm 115: “Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human hands. They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see. They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell. They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat. Those who make them become like them; so do all who trust in them.” (Psalm 115:4-8, ESV)
Moses admonished us to stay away from them – these “commercial gods”. The shattered temples are useless!
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