Read through the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 85, 1 Samuel 4-6

Today’s reading reminded me of the first two commandments that God gave to Moses.

1. You shall not have any other gods.

2. You shall not worship idols.

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

“You shall have no other gods before me.

“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”

Exodus 20:1-6 ESV

Reading about the trials of both the Israelites and the Philistines, I was reminded that God will not share His glory with any man or any idol. He alone deserves all the praise, worship, glory, and honor.

We must not honor anything as a representative of Him, whether a priest or a saint or a statue or even the ark of the covenant. We must not honor any created thing, whether it represents a false God or the one true God, for all these things are made by human hands and therefore incapable of being an accurate portrayal of The Eternal, Almighty God.

I am the LORD; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.

Isaiah 42:8 ESV

Heavenly Father, show me my faults, open my eyes, enlighten me to the ways in which I am stealing Your glory or giving Your glory to another. Forgive me, Lord. Forgive me. You alone are worthy of all glory, praise, and honor. You are God alone. I worship You in Spirit and Truth. In the Name of Jesus Christ, the God-Man, Your Only Begotten Son and my Redeemer, I pray. Amen.

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