day no. 15,522: becoming what we're beholding

Psalm 135:15-18
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of human hands.
They have mouths, but do not speak; they have eyes, but do not see;
they have ears, but do not hear, nor is there any breath in their mouths.
Those who make them become like them, so do all who trust in them.

Those who worship idols become like the idols they worship, because the principle in place is, "we become what we behold." 

2 Corinthians 3:18
But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Those who worship God become like Him, because the principle in place is, "we become what we behold." 

Everyone is becoming something and sooner or later they're going to be it. They will cease becoming and beginning being. For those who worship idols, they will end as they are: dead, displaced and under the never-ending wrath of God. For those who worship God, they will end as He does, unending in life, established and under the never-ending waterfall of grace and mercy.

For a more detailed treatment of the topic, try We Become What We Worship: A Biblical Theology of Idolatry by  G. K. Beale