Jeremiah 2:11-12
Has a nation ever changed its gods(even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all! Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded,” says the Lord.
When I think about a nation changing gods, I can’t help but think about Israel and the golden calf. Delivered from the oppression of Egypt in a miraculous way, the people of Israel are quick to abandon the Lord and exchange Him for a golden idol made from their own jewelry. God’s response to this is anger, because our Lord God is a jealous God. The lips of the Israelites said, “Everything the Lord has said we will do.” (Exodus 24:3) Yet, their actions spoke the truth about their hearts: “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.” (Exodus 32:1) It was the Israelites who decided the value of the idol; that it somehow deserved their worship, and that it could replace the Lord God. Do you worship the Lord, or some other pretender?
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