ritual

So, yesterday I was praying before starting my workday. For some reason I got thinking about the constant use of Allahu Akbar in prayer while I should have been reciting dua ABC or otherwise ritually engaged. I remember people telling me and even reading somewhere that it means that God is above my material world. I suddenly thought of placing myself in the shoes of the first Muslims and wondering maybe what Allahu Akbar meant to them. Well, lets put aside the politicized meaning ('our civilization is greater') and socialist meaning ('spirit is greater than materialism') of Allahu Akbar for a moment. Does it not makes sense that constantly repeating "God is Greater" (akbar has always meant greater, not "Great" or even "greatest") is supposed to remind the Muslim that God is greater than the idols worshipped around him or her? I think it makes perfect sense.