Mar 27, 2007 - False Gods
What sort of gods do you put before God. I am sure that many will say that they have no other God but God. Is that really the truth. I am not here to judge, just put out what the Lord puts on my heart. It is quite clear that God wants no other gods around.
Deu 4:23-24 BBE
(23) Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
(24) For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.
In that day it was a little easier to tell if you had a false god. Of course you may not have thought that it was a false god cause God did not seem to be answering you. Best to go with the other gods. So you went to the temple of Molech or who ever was in fashion at the time and did your thing. None of us do that today do we?
I am all for getting an image of yourself in front of you to get your dreams. Put an image of that house up so that you can see yourself in it. At what point does image become a god to us. When we look at TV each day and see the images of the stuff we want (not need) and desire them, are we putting another god before God? How about those shows we watch with good looking men or woman that bring up desire in us?
I think you get my point. At some point, we have desire for things and they crowd God out of our lives. It can be things, but it can also be people. A need to have a mate love you, or maybe a need for friends. Whatever that need can be, always remember to put God above them. He is after all a jealous God, an all consuming fire. He does not want anything else before Him. Take some time today and look to see what other gods you have in front of you.
Deu 4:23-24 BBE
(23) Take care that you do not let the agreement of the Lord your God, which he has made with you, go out of your mind, or make for yourselves images of any sort, against the orders which the Lord your God has given you.
(24) For the Lord your God is an all-burning fire, and he will not let the honour which is his be given to any other.
In that day it was a little easier to tell if you had a false god. Of course you may not have thought that it was a false god cause God did not seem to be answering you. Best to go with the other gods. So you went to the temple of Molech or who ever was in fashion at the time and did your thing. None of us do that today do we?
I am all for getting an image of yourself in front of you to get your dreams. Put an image of that house up so that you can see yourself in it. At what point does image become a god to us. When we look at TV each day and see the images of the stuff we want (not need) and desire them, are we putting another god before God? How about those shows we watch with good looking men or woman that bring up desire in us?
I think you get my point. At some point, we have desire for things and they crowd God out of our lives. It can be things, but it can also be people. A need to have a mate love you, or maybe a need for friends. Whatever that need can be, always remember to put God above them. He is after all a jealous God, an all consuming fire. He does not want anything else before Him. Take some time today and look to see what other gods you have in front of you.
