Good Morning,
The house is nice and quiet, just the way I like it on a Sunday morning. I filled a special mug of mine with Door County Cherry Creme Coffee and it is super hot. Cherry Creme was the first coffee I tasted from the Door County Coffee Company many years ago. It has a special place in my heart.
Exodus 34:14 For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
When it comes to your heart, mind and souls, God does not like to share. When God issued the Ten Commandments to Moses and He shared them with the Israelites, they were His instructions for life. They are just as important today as they were many years ago.
Exodus 34;14 tells us just how serious God is about His personal relationship with each person. God makes no room for idol worship within our lives. He doesn't need us to stroke His ego with worship. However he doesn't want us to worship anything but Him. Worshipping Him is the best thing you can encounter on a daily basis.
When I at first think of idol worship, I picture a golden calf like statue and people bowing and praying to it. But idol worship can be much more subtle. An idol is anything for which you have a deeper devotion than for God. This can be another person, your house, job, power, hobby, money and the one that most people do not consider, Yourself!
We have a tendency to promote ourselves into the role of Chief Commander of our lives and we make ourselves into our own little idols. We decide what is best for us, and go outside of God's will and His commandments. We justify our sins in our minds and forgive ourselves through our own self serving justifications. The Ten Commandments aren't a list of recommendations, they are just what they are, Commandments. They are not to be debated, but lived. Here is a little test, that you might call extreme. But it makes my point. Look into the junk drawer or pen and pencil cup in your home. How many pens might be in that cup or drawer that belong to the company you work for? Yes. it is just a pen, but it was supposed to be a promotion used for the customers. Not for you to take home. When you pass a sign on the grocery store and it says to take ONE for a sample and try it. Do you take two? Yes, a little legalistic here but I made my point. Two commandments were broken. One, you decided that God did not know best and you chose to break another commandment of "Thou shall not steal". Thus you made yourself the "Idol Of The Moment"
So today, put yourself in the right place and God in His and see of your part of the world seems clearer in your head. You are not God!
Have a great day.
Marty
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