Jamie Arpin-Ricci is a thought provoking blogger and fellow YWAMer. He recently wrote about “Finding Our Idols.” He relates a difficult story about early Christian missionaries’ “work” with the Mayan Indians. Apparently the missionaries forced the Mayans to tear down their temples and build churches out of the ruins. Unbeknownst to the Europeans, the Mayans did as they were told, but they included hidden idols from their native religions inside the walls of the newly built cathedrals. These hidden idols were only recently discovered.
As Jamie noted, this has parallels to our society and our culture, don’t you think?
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.