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After God delivered the children of Israel from
the hand of Pharaoh, they ventured into the
wilderness with Moses. We're all aware of Moses'
long journey into Mt. Sinai to talk with God
while the people waited for him at the bottom.
While Moses was up there however, the people
began to worry and believe he had died! Moses
was their only connection to God at that time,
and in panic they decided to take things into
their own hands. They did as they'd seen the
Egyptians do, and created a golden calf to
worship and symbolize God.
The very calf they
created, was made out of the earrings that the
women and children wore. It was melted down and
molded. The earrings back in the Bible days,
represented slavery and meant that they were
owned by a master. They obviously hadn't taken
them out, from the time they were in Egypt.
The point is
simple. A lot of times God will deliver us from
certain addictions, worries, or situations, but
we're still wearing the earrings of slavery! God
may have delivered us from depression, but we
still have the old music that plays dark and
morbid lyrics and leaves us feeling dirty and
low. God may have delivered us from fear, yet we
still watch horror movies and go to bed every
night in terror.
If God has
loosed you and set you free, get rid of the
things that would try to drag you down again and
cause you to fall! Remove those symbols of your
past addictions and slavery! Otherwise, they
could become a god to you, and the end result
will be the opposite of what God wants for
you...a life of joy, peace, and contentment!
-From the
Editor
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