Month: September 2025

Initially, I was quick to judge the Israelites for sacrificing their children to the god Molech. It seemed an incomprehensible and despicable act. However, with humility, I’ve come to see myself in their story. We are all human, and it’s a position of pride to believe we are somehow better than the characters in the Bible. Modern-day idols may not be physical sculptures, but they are just as powerful. They are the mindsets, values, and desires we place above God.

I’ve been asking God to reveal my own idols—the things I’ve willingly, and sometimes unconsciously, put before Him. Just like the Israelites, we don’t just worship these idols; we also sacrifice our children to them. This isn’t a literal sacrifice but a symbolic one. It means we sacrifice those things that are meant to be blessings to our lives and our bloodlines on the altars of our own self-made gods.

For me, one of the most persistent idols is societal acceptance. I’ve often found myself performing acts that don’t reflect my faith, such as choosing not to pray before a meal in public, just to avoid social discomfort. In those moments, I’m sacrificing the valuable act of blessing my food for the approval of others.

The Israelites sacrificed their children to Molech because they had forsaken God and deemed Him unworthy of worship. Similarly, we sacrifice our children—our own blessings and the blessings of others—to gain what we truly value. This might look like:

• Pushing our children toward careers that have nothing to do with their God-given purpose, simply for the sake of social status or respect.
• Remaining in toxic relationships or environments that cripple our spiritual growth because we are afraid of losing the status they provide.
• Refusing to rescue others from destructive situations because doing so would mean abandoning our own idols, even if it leads to their ultimate harm.

Ultimately, idolatry is choosing to be true to our self-made gods rather than what God desires for us. It’s a sobering reminder that we are all capable of putting something—or someone—before Him.

One of my favourite animated films is the 2016 American movie Sing. I love Sing not only for its music but also for the deeper message it carries. The film’s main character, Buster Moon—a determined koala—wants to save his beloved theater from closing down. The theater holds sentimental value for him because it was a gift from his father.

To save it, Buster comes up with an idea: a singing contest. Many twists and turns follow, and in the end, the contest cannot go ahead because the theater literally falls apart. But here’s the catch: what begins as a koala’s desperate quest becomes, for each character chosen for the contest, their own personal journey. Every contestant faces unique challenges, yet Buster’s idea brings them together, inspiring each to confront their struggles and reach their potential.

I’ve watched this film several times, drawn to both its music and the meaningful values it shares. But what I love most is this: even if an idea begins with me, it can become a spark for others—a chance for them to step into who they were meant to be. Even though the contest never took place, Buster found a tribe that helped him save his theater, and all of it happened because he pursued his idea despite discouragement from his only friend.

Sing reminds me that even when my ideas don’t materialize as I envisioned, or don’t deliver the answers I hoped for, pursuing them can still set off a chain of events and connections that lead me—sometimes by another path—to the destination I was meant to reach.

God has a way of calling people with no experience to projects and missions of great generational impact and importance. While the world requires experience for jobs and tasks, God operates differently. He recruits inexperienced people to handle tasks for which they have no prior training.

Often, our response is no because we focus on ourselves, our circumstances, and our skills, when we should be focusing on Him. We allow fear to cripple us, and we count ourselves out, detailing our disqualifications.

One thing we forget is that when God calls us, He does so because of Himself and His plan; it’s not really about us. Also, He doesn’t do things half-heartedly, or have incomplete projects or purposeless things. Everything He starts, He completes successfully! Everything He does has generational implications for His plans for us.

Our calling requires us to place our focus on Him and be assured that He will equip us with the skills, wisdom, and knowledge we need to accomplish those tasks. It’s a matter of trusting the One who called us instead of trusting ourselves. We have to walk into those terrifying places and tasks with one assurance: that He who called us will accomplish the task through us as we place our total hope in Him.