Thou shall have no other gods before me. Exodus 20:3; For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. 1Samuel 15:23
In this 21st century we hear the command to have ‘no other gods’ before YAHWEH and our minds invariably turn to images and statues that the people of the ancient world would create and then worship.
We think of the golden calf that the people of Israel proclaimed brought them out of Egypt. We think of Baal and the pantheons of gods that the Greeks and Romans served, and in our smugness, we declare like the rich young ruler of Jesus’ time (Luke 18), “I have kept all these commandments from my youth up”.
Believers today do not have a problem with golden images and the worship of idols such as Baal, but does this mean that we do not have a problem with idolatry?
- Who or what gets our worship today?
- Are we making gods out of material things, religious rituals, accomplishment, beauty/appearance, friendships, careers and addictions, etc.?
- Do we see disobedience and stubbornness as idolatry?
- When we know what GOD wants us to do and we refuse, do we see our pride and arrogance as equal to having another ‘god’?
- What heart idols are we worshiping?
It is not enough to say that I am a believer; my entire being must worship GOD and GOD alone.
My prayer is: Dear God, please give me the strength and the desire to break down the altars that I have built to the idols that I worship in my heart today.
We were made to worship
Worship God alone.
We were made to bow down,
Bow down to God alone.
Why have we erected idols
Idols in our hearts?
Why have we built altars
Altars to worship other gods?
God made us to worship
Worship HIM alone
God made us to turn
Turn our hearts to HIM alone.
When will we turn away,
Away from the worship of other gods?
When will we bow our knees
And our hearts to HIM and HIM alone?
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