“Be careful not to forget the
covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for
yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has
forbidden. For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous
God.” Deuteronomy 4:23-24
It's amazing the pleasure we sometimes
take in knowing that someone is either jealous of, or jealous over,
us. I see it especially in women; the glee that is found in two men
fighting over them, or the smug smile of a girl who knows that
another girl wants everything she has.
We like to feel important, and
sometimes jealousy makes us feel that way, but this jealousy is never
righteous, and always seems to be a means to another persons end.
When God is described as jealous, it is
a righteous jealousy. He has a right to be jealous, because he has
created us and knows what is best for us...after all, he is God!
In this life, it is so easy to set up
idols, and to worship anything that we find amusing for more than
five minutes. Romance, friendships, family; they are all wonderful,
until they turn into idols that keep us from following and knowing
God.
I've learned in the past year that God
is a jealous God, and that he will break things in your life that he
knows are not good for you. He will allow relationships to be
strained, and even tear friendships apart if it means bringing us
back to where He is and all that he has for us.
If there is something in your life that
you are setting above the Lord, be wise and give it to him. He is
jealous because He wants you to live life abundantly, and that can't
happen apart from him.
Bend beneath the weight of mercy...
In Christ,
Lilia
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