"And God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. “You shall have no other gods before me. “You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments."" (Ex 20:1-6 NIV)
Mordecai, Queen Esther's mentor of sorts, would bow down to no one but God. He would not bow down to Haman, so "Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews." (vs 6 NIV) And.. he found it. He convinced the King Xerxes to allow him to have the Jews destroyed.
We just completed a week of confirmation, at which we spent much of our time on the ten commandments, so these verses from Exodus are still at the top of my mind. What does this mean? Simply this: You shall have no other gods. You shall not bow down to other gods. No one, nothing, should come before the LORD your God. Mordecai held fast to this, even to the point that he could be killed.
How about us? How fast will we hold to keeping God first in our lives? How many other things in our lives do we allow to replace the worship of the one true God - the one who has freed you from bondage?
God's Peace - Pr. J
Mordecai, Queen Esther's mentor of sorts, would bow down to no one but God. He would not bow down to Haman, so "Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews." (vs 6 NIV) And.. he found it. He convinced the King Xerxes to allow him to have the Jews destroyed.
We just completed a week of confirmation, at which we spent much of our time on the ten commandments, so these verses from Exodus are still at the top of my mind. What does this mean? Simply this: You shall have no other gods. You shall not bow down to other gods. No one, nothing, should come before the LORD your God. Mordecai held fast to this, even to the point that he could be killed.
How about us? How fast will we hold to keeping God first in our lives? How many other things in our lives do we allow to replace the worship of the one true God - the one who has freed you from bondage?
God's Peace - Pr. J
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