day no. 15,301: we are taken away by that with which we are taken

Psalm 10:2-4 (KJV)
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

We become like what we worship. This can happen in either direction. We can devolve into idolatry or aspire to the divine. Either way, we are all well on our way to becoming something and sooner or later we're all going to get there. We are taken in by that which we invite to take us and we are taken away by that with which we are taken.

The devices we take are taking us somewhere. 

2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Psalm 115:4-8, Psalm 135:15-18
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.

Those whose hearts constantly behold the Lord are becoming more and more, by one degree or another, like Him in glory. This is God's doing in us, His glory at work in conforming us to the image of His Son.

Romans 8:28-29
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son.