OCTOBER 17, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

OCTOBER 17 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: Exodus 34:10-17

The first commandment that the Lord gave to Moses to share with His people was, "you shall have no other gods before me.” This is a commandment that speaks of the eternal fact that there is no other god except for the one true God! When we look at this command we see God telling His people that they are to have no other gods ahead of Him...I would suggest that the word before can also mean in His presence. It is not just a statement that you put God ahead of the other gods in a pecking order...but that we are to have no other gods in our lives, period! False gods are not gods at all, for there are none that have the attributes, the nature and characteristics of the one true God.

Idolatry is a huge sin...it replaces God in our lives with someone or something that has no power to be God. It takes our attention away from the true God and gives our affection, our worship, our service to that which is meaningless, but extremely harmful. God will not share His glory with another. It was David who called out to God and asked God to give him an undivided heart. We are not free to create other gods in our lives...we are not free to change the image of the one true God into an image of ourselves or anything else. God is God and we know Him by His revelation of Himself to us...creating our own version and calling it, God, is idolatry and it leads us down a path of destruction. It is the Lord who has made us and not we ourselves...what would make us think that we could possibly make Him?

Please share your thoughts.