Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Grace for your spirit March 5, 2013

Grace for your spirit
And Aaron said to them, "Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me".  And he took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it into molten calf;  and they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.  Exodus 32:2-4

While Moses was up on Mt. Sinai getting the Ten Commandments, the people became restless and unhappy.  Aaron, Moses' brother was in charge while Moses was gone.  He made a decision to keep the people happy instead of making God happy.  Therefore their spiritual leader helped lead them into idolatry and away from God.  There will always someone nearby to help us build our idols when we are unhappy with God.  Often it may be the preacher.  In a futile effort to keep the church happy, often the will of God is ignored, in order to keep the church growing.  Let's keep our eyes on the Word, and not allow ourselves to be led astray on good and bad days.  We won't be happy everyday, but we are still called to holiness.

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