Day 7 Exodus 29-30

Exodus 32

The People Make a Gold Calf

 ¹ The people saw that a long time had passed and Moses had not come down from the mountain. So they gathered around Aaron and said, "Moses led us out of Egypt, but we don't know what has happened to him. Make us gods who will lead us."

 ² Aaron said to the people, "Take off the gold earrings that your wives, sons, and daughters are wearing, and bring them to me."³ So all the people took their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.⁴ He took the gold from the people and formed it with a tool and made a statue of a calf. Then the people said, "Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!"

 ⁵ When Aaron saw all this, he built an altar before the calf and announced, "Tomorrow there will be a special feast to honor the Lord."⁶ The people got up early the next morning and offered whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. They sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up and sinned sexually.

 ⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go down from this mountain, because your people, the people you brought out of the land of Egypt, have ruined themselves.⁸ They have quickly turned away from the things I commanded them to do. They have made for themselves a calf covered with gold, and they have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. They have said, 'Israel, these are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.' "

False Idols = Big Trouble!


When you put your faith in something man made, it's going to fail you.  Human's are imperfect, so anything that we make will be imperfect.  Take computers for instance - have you ever seen the blue screen of death?  You know what I'm talking about.  And you hope that you have everything saved, but when the I.T. guy starts working on it, you've lost EVERYTHING.  


 Or you put material processions ahead of personal relationships - another false idol.  You are not defined by the things that you have, but by the person that you are.  


I think when we all begin to believe in ourselves again, and trust in His love for us, we can begin to put aside the things in our lives that aren't important to us.  I don't know fancy cars, clothes or technology.  I need my family, a place to call home, and my God who loves us dearly.