Exodus 34:14 “(for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),”

           It is so very easy to worship other gods and not even know it.  Life in the 21st century offers many opportunities and temptations for displaced worship.

      The god of money

              The god of food.

                    The god of pleasure.

                          The god of self.

                                The god of security.

                                       The god of education.

                                             The god of power and position.

                                                      The god of status.

                                                            The god of reputation.

                                                                 The god of marriage.

                                                                        The god of beauty.

          And the list goes on and on.

          We can make ANYTHING or ANY ONE a god by allowing it to be a preeminent motivator and comforter in our lives.

          God reminds us that HE ALONE IS GOD. Deuteronomy 4:35, 39 To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him…know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other..

          1 Kings 8:60 …that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no other.

          Isaiah 45:5, 14, 18, 22 ” I am the LORD, and there is no other, besides me there is no God…’Surely God is in you, and there is no other,  no god besides him’…For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (he is God!), who formed the earth and made it (he established it; he did not create it empty, he formed it to be inhabited!):”I am the LORD, and there is no other….” “Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other….”

Blessings, Diane

 

Diane Hunt is part of the Development and Addiction Recovery teams at America’s Keswick.  In addition to being a Biblical Counselor, she is a Women’s speaker for retreats, conferences and events.  She is a regular writer for Victory Call and one of the authors of Crossing the Jordan Bible Study. She has been married to her husband John over 28 years.  She has 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren and 3 adult step-children with 7 grandchildren making 10 in all.  She delights reading and teaching, but mostly laughing at the funny things her grandchildren say and do.