Now that God has reminded
Moses of who He is and what He has done not only for Moses, but for the Israelites,
God is ready to give Him the ten simple commandments for them to follow. The first commandments God gives them is
about their relationship with Him. Then
He goes into how they should treat and respect each other.
These first two
commandments are extremely serious, and I know we break them daily. How can we expect to have the relationship we
could and should have with God if we daily are disobedient to the first two
commandments He gave us.
When I make a list of
things I must do, I always put the most important ones first. I feel God did the same with these two
commandments coming first. We are to
have no other gods before Him. What
things do you hold as more important than God?
Anything can be a god to us.
Work, our home, our children, our spouse, our reputation, our looks, our
possessions, our cars…literally anything that keeps you from being completely
with God and worshipping Him as You should, can be a God. I believe TV and entertainment easily becomes
our God. I know many times I have to
stop and evaluate how I am spending my time.
It’s not that we aren’t supposed to have fun, but so often we say, “I
just didn’t have time to read my bible and pray today. I didn’t have time to study this week’s bible
study.” But what did we do instead of spending time with our Creator and
Savior? I know I play games on my phone,
I watch TV, I read, I find many things to do with my time that has nothing to
do with God and has nothing edifying for me, yet I often don’t find time to be
with God. Pray today that God guides you
to things you might have put in place of Him without realizing it. Pray
for Him to prompt you to pick up His love letter to you and read how much He
loves You and how He wants to spend time with You, rather than the many other
things that the enemy is prompting you to do with your time.
