Little gods

Isaiah 40:18-20
  "To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare Him to? As for an idol, a craftsman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and fashions silver chains for it. A man too poor to present such an offering selects wood that will not rot. He looks for a skilled craftsman to set up an idol that will not topple."

  Humans tend to have a problem with authority. We like to be in control of our lives. We are also created to worship and glorify God. It we are to truly worship God as we ought to though, it means we must give up our freedom: the control we want. So we reject God and grovel around worshiping idols we make for ourselves. The idols we make are smaller then us. We can control them and they become the slaves of our whim.
  They also require our care and protection. We have to embellish them and hold them up to keep them from toppling. We cling to our idols for protection when in reality we are their protectors. Our gods are too small to be worshiped. Ultimately, we shortchange ourselves when we refuse to give God the authority in our lives He justly deserves.
  God is mind-blowing and we cannot begin to fathom Him. He is the God you deserves our honor and fear. And yet He loves us and calls us to Himself as His children. Yes, He demands our affections, but does He deserve anything less then the full extend of our feeble praise? We must stop settling for fantasies and fall on our faces before God, the only one who deserves our worship.