Thoughts for another day

Jan. 24, 2008

Today's verse: Judges 2:12. And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

There are many sins a man may commit. But, if you were to ask me, which is the worst, I’d say, being unfaithful to God and worshipping/venerating other so called ‘gods’ made by human hands. God is very particular we do not do that for He is a ‘jealous’ God (Ex. 20:5, 34:14) and why is He jealous? Because, He alone is God. If, an inventor were to create a robot and this robot went and took somebody else as his creator, wouldn’t the creator be furious and destroy it immediately? See, God created us with much love and invested Himself into us. And what did we do? Created ‘gods’ for us that evolved from the figment of our imagination and worshipped the handiwork of our hands!

Nowhere else, except in the three monotheistic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism) will you find that God seeks worship only for Himself - we know how the three are linked: The Father in Christianity is the same as Allah in Islam or ‘YHWH’ (Christians pronounce it as Yahweh) in Judaism (its an irony that though we follow the same and only God, we are three separate religions) . This is because only a genuine God would require that what is meant for Him is not to be given to others. In fact, God desires that we be more with Him then with our spouses, children, etc.

In the above verse, we find the Israelites forsaking the Lord who had done so many wonders before their forefathers; even worse was, they worshipped the ‘gods’ of the people of the land. In the sight of God, it was an abomination beyond condoning. Wouldn’t you think the same if you are on God’s side?

My friend, this is a good point for us to mull upon. Yesterday, we saw how He will deny us if we deny Him. Worshipping other ‘gods’ is gross denial. If ever you have done this unwittingly in the past, go repent. And as for the future, I pray, that death overtake us before we worship any other thing. For me, death would be more preferable than turning away from Jesus. For, I know that if I merit death because I refused worshipping anything else, Jesus, on the other side of this life, will be waiting with open arms.