“For I am the LORD, that is My name;
And My glory I will not give to another, 
Nor My praise to graven images.”  Isaiah 42:8
 
“…Stand up and bless the LORD our God forever and ever!
‘Blessed be Your glorious name,
Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!’”  Nehemiah 9:5
 
This is our LORD and our whole beings must praise Him!
“You alone are the LORD;
  You have made heaven,
  The heaven of heavens with all their host, 
  The earth and all things on it,
  The seas and all that is in them,
  And You preserve them all.
  The host of heaven worship You.”  Nehemiah 9:6
   
“Praise the LORD!
Praise O servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD!
Blessed be the name of the LORD
From this time forth and forever more!
From the rising of the sun to its going down
The LORD’S name is to be praised.”  Psalm 113:1-3
 
Our opening verse God tells us that ‘My glory I will not give to another’
And we see in Deuteronomy 4:24,
“For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.”
 
Nor will He give His praise to graven images (idols)!
“You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 
You shall not bow down to them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God…”  Exodus 20:4-5
 
“You shall not make idols for yourselves;
Neither a carves image nor a sacred pillar shall you rear up for yourselves;
Nor shall you set up an engraved stone in your land, to bow down to it;
  For I am the LORD your God.”  Leviticus 26:1
 
“You shall burn the carved images of their gods with fire; you shall not covet the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it; for it is an abomination to the LORD your God.”  Deuteronomy 7:25
 
Deuteronomy 11:16 warns,
“Take heed to yourselves; lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.”
 
We have this warning in 1 John 5:21,
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”
 
In His Sermon on the Mount Jesus tells us,
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon.”
 
We don’t have the same idols as we have seen in the Old Testament, BUT we have a great many that can be in our lives today.  What is it that you put between you and Christ Jesus?  Money, education, job, people, media gadgets, etc.  Our God is a jealous God for His own!  Let us be zealous Believers for our Lord and Savior and give Him praise, honor and glory! Amen