My family used to vacation in small mountain towns where we would move from shop to shop looking for souvenirs. Every year, without fail, my little sister asked if she could buy a lucky rabbit foot keychain dyed in the most delightful, little-girl colors. Every year the answer was the same. No.
In Judges 17 we meet Micah and his mother who had a complicated relationship living in a time without a king. Micah had stolen silver from his own mom, but fearful of his mother’s curses upon him, he confessed to stealing the silver. Together they agreed to make an idol out of it, introducing idolatry to their household. It was a direct revolt against God, “Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me” (Exodus 20:5).
In his own pride, Micah said, “Now I know that the LORD will be good to me” believing God would show him favor because Micah made his own son a priest over the idols (Judges 17:13). When a young Levite stumbled into Micah’s home and agreed to be Micah’s priest, Micah believed it was a blessing from God.
Although rubbing a lucky rabbit foot snuck may seem like a silly superstition, we all have habits, ideas, and identities that need to be pried from our hands by our God who loves us too much to let us bow to anything or anyone other than Him.
Exodus 20:6 promises that God will show “faithful love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commands,” and you and I now benefit from that very love. God fulfilled His promise in bringing us a Savior in Jesus who would carry every weight of our sin and shame and take away the need of a substance, person, or object to provide for us.
Thank you, God, for Your Word and for the book of Judges to remind us that we don’t need luck or good fortune when we have You. May we know, “we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t think that the divine nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image fashioned by human art and imagination” (Acts 17:29). We have a King, it is You.
All Hail King Jesus.
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Lord, forgive us for our wandering hearts, for wanting more than what you provide. Guard our hearts from the distractions of this world and lead us back to a true worship of You.
Happy birthday Traci and I am praying for you
Happy Monday feiends! Thanks so much for the prayers @SEARCHING ❤️
I am experimenting, MERCY! (There are six emojis that follow.)
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Thank you ladies for suggesting HRT today. It was exceptional. “The emptiness of a Micah-like religion is shown when you try to recreate God in your own image. If you pick and choose what you want to believe and reject the rest, you will never have a God who can contradict you, only one who suits your desires”. This described lots of modern day beliefs that we can fall prey to. Creating God in our own image has been a recent repetition that I hear. I need to catch myself at times, reminding that God is not like us, He is not emotional, His kind of love is never sentimental. God is not our uncle – I have been hearing this too. He is His own very special and wonderful kind. We have to dismiss our ways to make room for His. Make room in our heart, our habits, our mindset and more. It’s a progress of demolition, then emptying. And that whole idea is so satisfying for a minimalist person like myself lol. I walked away from a heavily cluttered lifestyle and I have not looking back. To a she that asked about emojis not being displayed, I don’t think it is because you are not subscribed, there are only few approved icons that SRT would allow shown. Some experiments might be worthwhile ;)). Lifting your requests in prayers shes. May our prayers be like incense unto You Father. May the lifting of our hands be as evening sacrifice. Be blessed dear sisters.
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Happy birthday, @Traci G! May the Lord be near to you as you remember this time two years ago.