Good
Morning Friends,
God
had performed miracles for Israel in the months preceding the time that Moses
spent on Mt. Sinai. He had guided them and protected them with a pillar of cloud
by day and a pillar of fire by night. He split the Red Sea and enabled them to
walk across it on dry ground and destroyed the Egyptian army. He provided daily
food for them, manna from heaven and water out of a rock. Miracle after miracle
to demonstrate that He was with them, cared for them, and would provide for
them.
“When
the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain, they
gathered around Aaron and said, ‘Come, make us gods who will go before us. As
for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has
happened to him.’ Aaron answered them, ‘Take off the gold earrings that your
wives, your sons and your daughters are wearing, and bring them to me.’ So all
the people took off their earrings and brought them to Aaron. He took what they
handed him and made it into an idol cast in the shape of a calf, fashioning it
with a tool. Then they said, ‘These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up
out of Egypt.’” (Exodus 32:1-4)
They
thought something had happened to Moses and he would not be returning to lead
them. They thought God had deserted them along with Moses. They forgot all the
miracles that God had done for them. They forgot how God had so clearly demonstrated
that He loved them and would provide for them.
God
had been silent among the people for several days, perhaps weeks. So they went shopping
for a new god! They fashioned one for themselves out of the gold. They got Aaron
to go along with them and turned their backs on God to worship at a golden
calf.
How
quickly they forgot and turned away. How easily they were turned to worship
something worthless. Where was their faith, perseverance and commitment?
Do
you ever wonder the same about the people around you?
Would
anyone ever ask the same questions about you?
His,
by Grace, Steve
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