In reading the above verse where God is confronting Eli about his wicked sons; something occurred to me.
We are no different today.
So many of us put our children and their desires above our relationship before the LORD. We make excuses for not going to church or even not studying our Bibles at home and pin it on our busyness with our kids. We refuse to discipline our unruly kids, even though we are admonished to do so in The Word. We sacrifice our time and money on spoiled children who believe it is their right!
Our children are just one of our idols that we worship before the LORD.
It is a lie of the devil that God winks at our sins.
Yes, He loves us, but He is still a jealous God and if we won't cast down our idols and tear down our high places, He will!
“But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;”
Exodus 34:13-15 KJV
“And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.” 1 Samuel 5:4 KJV
There are many, today, who go to church and say they love The LORD, but worship other gods too! And they love them more than The One True God; The Maker of Heaven and Earth! They actually worship the creation rather than the Creator, and they think that "it's okay", that "God understands"! (Romans 1:25)
What's true is -
they don't understand God!
God speaking:
“Thou shalt have none other gods before me. Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.” Deuteronomy 5:7-10 KJV
“O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!” Deuteronomy 5:29 KJV
“Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.” Deuteronomy 5:32-33 KJV
We have no clue, as to the impact our relationship with God has on our children and grandchildren; or the lack thereof!
You want your children to be blessed by God?
Then YOU seek Him with your whole heart and live in obedience to His Word!
YOU put Him in first in everything, and His blessings will touch every area of your life!
YOU trust Him with your children for He is faithful!
YOU stop worrying for that is unbelief!
Repent, turn them over to God, and keep your eyes on Jesus!
He is God and we are not!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 11/20/15
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