Up close and personal

PRAY: "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting" (Psalm 139:23,24)

READ Exodus 32-34

REFLECT

In this passage Aaron delivers one of the funniest lines in the Bible (32:23) " They said to me, 'Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don't know what has happened to him.' Talk about lame excuses! Put him in charge for a few days and he lets the people run wild and go crazy!

But before we laugh too hard at Aaron, we need to look at ourselves. With all we know about God, after all He has done for us, how quickly do we turn our backs on him to binge on wrong thoughts and actions. Even Paul struggled with his tendency (Romans 7:15-20). Being a Christian does not make us except from temptation and sin. But through Jesus God has given us the only way to break its power over our lives. (1 John 1:9)

APPLY How would you describe your relationship with God at this time? What things pull you away from God? What things draw you closer?