Exodus 31:18-32:1
When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron and said to him, ‘Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
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It would be funny if it weren't so tragic--in the midst of one of the most pivotal moments in the Old Testament, when God is busy talking to Moses, giving him directions on how the people shall live, just after God has rescued the people from slavery in Egypt, the people get tired of waiting for God and want something easy to worship. Their memories are so short, they can scarcely remember what God did for them yesterday.
In the same light, it's not always easy for us to worship God. We want to--our souls long to be in continuous worship of God. But we're so easily tempted--we're distracted by the here and the now, by the new and exciting. We forget all the things God has done for us, and we wonder where God is now. We wonder if God is around, if God cares, and, if we're honest, we admit that it's not always very exciting to worship God, while golden calves and other idols we create are so much more physically present.
It's not easy to follow God. We won't always succeed. But we have to struggle against sin, to constantly strive to worship God, to tune out all the noise and distractions so that we might grow into Godly people, people of deep faith and integrity, who will not be shaken when the storms come. May we turn from sin's temptations to God's delights!
Blessings
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