Israel's Unfaithfulness

 

 

Judges 2:11-15

 

Israel's Unfaithfulness

And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals.   And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to them. And they provoked the Lord to anger.   They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.   So, the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he gave them over to plunderers, who plundered them. And he sold them into the hand of their surrounding enemies so that they could no longer withstand their enemies.   Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.

 

As I read this account I recalled in my youth, Sunday was a day of worship, rest, and family time.  We have come a long way baby, for today the majority of people in this great nation use Sunday for a day to shop, to play golf, or select sports, among many other things, for they have replaced the worship of God with a little god they like better.

 

But as we have stated in an earlier paper, a new generation has come and they choose the god of shopping and entertainment and no longer have time for the God of creation,   So the story above could just as easily be titled the USA Unfaithfulness.  For we like Israel have forsaken the God who is and choose these little gods, that have enslaved us.  As I gave more thought to the main god that is worshiped; it is the god of self,   Our theme could be, number one, yes, that is the world’s focus, it is all about my desires and wants, and the God of creation is not part of that plan.

 From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice