Scripture.
They are from Israel!
This calf—a metalworker has made it;
it is not God.
It will be broken in pieces,
that calf of Samaria. (Hosea 8:6 TNIV)
Observation.
Worshiping a metal calf. How absurd. Someone made it. It's not God. This is pretty easy to see in our time. Our culture doesn't base its satisfaction on such obvious little gods. A god of metal, in the image of a virile animal, promising pleasure?
No way.
Application.
What little gods do I fashion from time to time? From day to day? How about this one ... putting a higher value on receiving appreciation than on giving appreciation.
Prayer.
Lord, make the gods in my life as apparent as your statement to Israel, so the absurdity just makes them go poof. Amen.
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