"IDOL Worship!"

#2 - "You shall not make for yourself an idol..."

Exodus 20:4

In Exodus 32 when Moses is on the mountain with God (and has been for some time) the Hebrew people come to Aaron & say, "Come, make us gods who will go before us." Aaron proceeded to gather their gold earrings, melt them down, and cast & fashion the gold with a tool into an idol in the form of a calf. The people then said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt." In less than forty days the people grew anxious and discontented to point of having Aaron "make" a new object for them to worship. The Hebrews were people like us in that they/we must worship something. We as human beings will always seek something to devote ourselves to, to give meaning/purpose to our lives ... something to worship. If anything other than God fills that role in our lives, the results are disastrous! He knows this and commands that we worship Him not for His sake but rather for our own good. It's so easy to get distracted. It's so easy for something/someone to come between us & God and eclipse our view of His greatness & love toward us. We then let our fixed gaze/devotion follow along with that "idol" away from the one who loves us more than any other. Choose today to do whatever it takes to continually focus your worship on the only one worthy of it: the great "I AM".