Moses is on Mt. Sinai for 40 days and 40 nights receiving
instructions from the Lord on how to prepare the tabernacle (the ark, the
table, the lampstand), the altar of burnt offering, the courtyard, oil for the
lampstand, the priestly garments ( the ephod and the breastpiece), the altar of
incense, atonement money, basin for washing, anointing oil, incense, etc.
The Lord says to Moses: “Go down, because your people, whom
you brought out of Egypt, have become corrupt. They have been quick to turn
away from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol cast in the
shape of a calf. They have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and have said,
“These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”
Then he comes down from the mountain and sees that the
Israelites grew impatient and fashioned an idol.
When I read this passage, it makes it so clear how wrong
idol worship is. I am reminded of how quickly my own heart runs to worship
other things.
Lord, help me to remain steadfast in you. Keep my heart and
affections from turning to other things in the waiting. Lord, remind me to
trust your timing instead of believing the lie that you have forgotten about
me. Remind me that you are working all
things for my good and that I don’t need to take matters into my own hands.
Instead, help me to cease from striving and to wait with my hands outstretched
to you.
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