I want to share something with you that I received a few months ago; it has to be one of the best things I’ve ever read! This came in an update from missionary Tim Shontere, working with the Yembi people in PNG.
—This past month was “worship the stone and carvings” month in Yembi. A gathering of about 100 people went from house to house carrying idols and things singing songs to the spirit world trying to push away the evil ones and appease them. One of our teachers spoke with one of his brothers who is one of the leaders in the group.
“God says to worship him alone. You claim that this statue of Mary is a holy piece of God…… Turn it over….. look where it’s made…… it’s made in china! You’re just ‘made in china’ worshippers. You hold this thing and bow down to it like it is a holy piece of God, it is really a worthless piece of wood. Look, you dress it up nice, you care for it like a little baby, you bow down and pray to it. God was angry at the Israelites for doing the same thing in Isaiah 44! You guys are doing what they did! God doesn’t want you to worship or pray to the stuff made in china, he wants you to worship the one who made China! …..’made in China’ – that’s what man naturally worships….” (-teacher in training)—
Is that awesome or what! This is what we work for: people knowing the true God through Jesus Christ and worshipping Him!