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"Be still, and know that I am God"... (Psalm 46:10) [NIV]

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Saturday, September 25, 2010
How do you respond to the greeting, “How are you?” Most of us simply reply, “Fine. How are you?” Others develop trademark comebacks, such as “Better than I deserve.” I know of one fellow who answers, “I’m just the Lord’s prostitute.”

What?! This provocative reply is an inappropriate response to an innocuous greeting—too much information!—but it does make an important point. The fellow is comparing his life to Gomer, the wayward woman whom God told the prophet Hosea to marry to “illustrate how Israel has acted like a prostitute by turning against the Lord and worshiping other gods” (Hosea 1:2).

Israel had been unfaithful from its inception. On its “wedding night”—the very night that Moses was receiving their covenant from God on Mount Sinai—the Israelites melted their earrings into a golden calf and worshiped it. Who commits adultery on their wedding night?!

The Lord was deeply hurt by Israel’s adultery, and he told Moses to “leave Me alone so My fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them.” Moses begged God to remember the oath He had made with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. And “the Lord changed His mind about the terrible disaster He had threatened to bring on His people” (Exodus 32:10-14). But He wasn’t happy. The Lord was as aggrieved as any lover who learns that His spouse has been sleeping with another.

We may not worship a golden calf, but we cheat on the Lord whenever we sacrifice Him or our families and friends on the altar of career, wealth, or pleasure. It comes down to what gives us ultimate worth and security. If it’s anything other than Jesus, then we’re committing spiritual adultery. We then need to confess our wandering ways, beg Christ’s forgiveness, and ask Him to empower us to forsake all others.

Source: Our Daily Journey 25 Sept 2010
After reading this devotional article today, i was taken aback and utterly shocked at the article, about the wrath of God, and about the sins of Man.. Indeed, while Moses was receiving the covenant from God, Aaron led the people to melt their earrings and worship the golden calf..

And most shocking was Exodus 32:9-10: "I have seen these people," the LORD said to Moses, "and they are a stiff-necked people. Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation."

Indeed our God is a just God who will not withhold good from those who deserve it and will not withhold punishment for those who have sinned.. In this case, God threatened to kill the Israelites!! Now think about our own sins, of worshiping money, education, friendship, or just worshiping the act of being idle.. We have placed many of such gods before God throughout the week, and still cheekily dare to attend church in the presence of God on sundays..

We pray that God will forgive us of our sins against Him who gave us the laws, and the covenants.. We ask for forgiveness for our narrow minded venture into taking control over our own small insignificant lives..

And we are assured of grace when we return to God.. The Lord says, “Then I will heal you of your faithlessness; my love will know no bounds, for my anger will be gone forever." [Hosea 14:4]

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