Monday, June 24, 2024
Ex 32:3-4
3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their
ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten
calf: and they said, These be thy gods,
O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Moses
was away receiving the Law from God. The people were busily abandoning all
restraints. Moses was face to face with the Sublime while the people had
fashioned the ridiculous. Moses was communing with the Divine
while the people were enjoying debauchery. How does such a thing happen?
Fast
forward more than two thousand years and we should have matured as a race beyond
a golden calf, but we have not. Because the blessings of God are
not fresh in our minds, we abandon Him to things seemingly more tangible. We
drift from our moorings and go after something that will fill what we perceive
as a void. But what has taken the place of God in our lives?
If
you have replaced God with something more fragile, think of what you have inserted into that
blank space. Is it Holy? Does it rescue you when you are in the ditch? Does it
love you with an everlasting love? Does it receive you and embrace you even in
your imperfection? Does it hear you when you pray?
I
have learned that, in those times when God seems far away, He is working hardest
on my behalf. He is busy for me even
when He is not busy with me. Like
Solomon, I have learned that nothing can be inserted into that gnawing void. I am
learning to wait. I am learning that there are some things I should not,
cannot, and do not control. Who can adequately measure God for a replacement?
Acts 17:24-25
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord
of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed anything,
seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Almighty God, since I
cannot measure all that you are, let me wait patiently for you to work out all
your plans for me today. Let me not replace you with ridiculous things. AMEN
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