God's Glory Church

“Don’t make carvings or anything like that for yourself.” — Exodus 20:4

Here are some vacation tips. If you’re passing through Middleton, Wisconsin, visit the National Mustard Museum. There you will see 6090 different types of mustard from all over the world. The amazing Barbed Wire Museum awaits you in McLean, Texas. Although perhaps more amazing is the fact that someone is into it…

The things we consider important can say a lot about us. One writer says there’s hardly a worse activity to do than a visit to the Banana Museum (although we’d beg to differ).

You can laugh at all of the above, but we admit that in our hearts there are our own museums – places where we honor the idols of our own production. The Lord said: “You shall have no other gods before Me… You shall not bow down to them or serve them” (Ex. 20:3, 5). But we do it anyway, we create “carved gods” for ourselves. It can be wealth, passion, success or some other “attractiveness” to which we secretly bow.

It is easy to read this text and not understand the point. Yes, God will ask us about the museum of sin that we have created for ourselves. But the Lord “shows mercy to thousands of generations of those who love [Him]” (v. 6). He knows how meager our “museums” are. And He knows that true happiness is obtained only in love for Him.

Do you have an area that is displeasing to God that you are keeping secret? What should you do with her?

God, I want You to be at the center of my life. Help me get rid of all the idols.

By: Kenneth Petersen (guest)