Thursday, November 14, 2013

Ex. 32:26 “Whoever is for the Lord, come to me.”

Moses said that. The children of Israel had made a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain to talk to the Lord. In Israels most holy moment those who would have been blessed for all eternity got kind of bored. They didn't know where Moses was and Aaron didn't have the guts to keep people in line. He collected their gold and made them a golden calf. They wanted to be like everybody else, they wanted a god to be seen. They made a big fire and worshipped the god their hands had made. There was lots of dancing and probably quite a bit of immoral behavior going on, by the time Moses came back to the camp. People wanted a visible god, a god they would consider fun. Like everybody else had. Moses called everybody who had not participated in the "fun" to him. God sent a plague to the camp and most of the offenders died. And God didn't go with the children of Israel anymore. He kept at distance, lost in his anger he might destroy them. This is kind of my point. Entertainment is in every place. It is in many places, actually most places, including churches. How far does this need for entertainment go? Are there even people believing in God for entertainment? Are the disasters of this world becoming a new form of entertainment? God was very angry and destroyed most of his own people. The other nations laughed at God's children because they fell into such temptation. Is the need for entertainment a temptation? Are the believers of today still willing to go all the way, if needs be go to the cross, for the sake of faith? Will God one day say: "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me? will I be on the right side? Will you?

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