What Breaks The Heart of God (Part 1: The Golden Calf)

I’m not going to cover everything that breaks the heart of God. I’m just going to cover maybe 2 or 3 things. This first one is really going to be something serious, so get ready to take offense (ha ha).

When Moses didn't come down from the mountain on the children of Israel's timetable, they got Aaron to make a golden calf & they worshipped it saying this is OUR god. No different than today, when God doesn't respond, we look to man or an image and esteem them as our god. This was something I posted this past Friday on my Facebook wall. Now let me expound on this one.

You see, Moses was communing with God during the time of the golden calf. But the children of Israel didn’t understand patience. Again, no different than us, we try to find our own savior (most of the times, through men). They arbitrarily assumed that Moses forgot about them so they decided to make a god who led them out of Egypt. It’s interesting they wanted to make a god that showed they were led out of Egypt, considering in Numbers, they were so ready to return to Egypt. They were the epitome of wanting to have their cake and eat it too. No different than us, we want to live prosperous, but at the same time, we want to covet anything that doesn’t belong to us, but will sure enough fight to have it. We want to have our cake and be able to eat it too; at the same time, be jealous when one person does it the right way but you’re stuck in the same situation. Aaron, giving in to these trifling people builds a calf. When confronted by Moses, Aaron blames them saying, “you know how determined these people are to do evil.” He should’ve manned up and said; I gave in to what they wanted. He blamed the children of Israel. No different than us, we’ll blame others for our own screw-ups.

Aaron said, tomorrow, there will be festival to honor the Lord. The following day, the children of Israel sat down to feast, but it turned to a wild party.

What’s the underlying message? Our culture is so numb to what’s right and wrong, that we’ll worship anything that pleases our flesh or gives us what our flesh wants (irrespective if it costs you your spiritual life). Do I fall guilty of this? At times I do. What we need to do is consider every action that we do. Who are we praising, God or man? Why do we get offended when we insult the golden calf and not take offense when we grieve the Lord by our actions? Why do we demand that the world stops to hear a golden calf speak as if the calf is God? I foresee many people falling to the golden calf (it could be a man, an image, anything that does not exalt God for who He is). Sadly, our actions determine who we are really serving.

Part 2 will talk about needed rebukes but not given due to ears being itched. Stay tuned.

The Worst In Us

This was on my spirit last night and it carried on into today. One thing I can truly say is that elections always bring out the worst in us (for all people, regardless of skin color). We forget about God and focus more on what we want. It’s a sad day for me. Not because President Obama is in office and not because Governor Mitt Romney is not President. It’s a sad day because as I’m reading different posts, it has shown really where our hearts are. I’m trying not to cry as I type this and it would be a tragedy if I lost friends to this, but it is what it is. I’m not upset with anyone regardless of who you voted for, just concerned about our spiritual condition.

As I read people’s posts, many people are rejoicing because they got what they wanted, but the same people are forgetting how much hatred they are spreading. This election has truly shown the racial issues that are brewing. You could call this the second part to a blog I did two weeks ago entitled “Is It (Really) Not About Us.” This election proved my theory that it’s still about us.

In the midst of this, I’m crying because where’s God in all that we’re posting. God is only mentioned when we got what we wanted. Much like the children of Israel. I know this post isn’t going to go over well (granted, most of what I say doesn’t go over well). But if I have to cry alone, I will. I’m so concerned about the state of our hearts (especially if we say we’re of God). No one has said “I am content regardless of who’s elected, because You’re Sovereign.” But we say to God indirectly, if we don’t get our way, we’re going to kick, scream and revolt like little children. So, I believe that God is now giving our hearts what we really wanted (again, on a spiritual level), a world without Him. Since it’s our sinful nature to say, “leave us alone, and let mankind take it from here.”

I did say 2-3 months ago that President Obama will get a second term, so I’m not surprised of that. When you have to read posts such as “I pray for the Republicans that they remove their hatred,” I ask, what about YOUR hatred? Are you that deceived in that Democrats don’t have hatred? People say, now we can move forward. Why? Because you got your way and I didn’t. Is that how we live our lives (having others bow down to you, a mere human being)? If something isn’t wrong with that, why do we say we love God?

No one is praying for the losing candidate, but instead cursing him. How is that showing the love of Christ? If we say we love God, we’re to love all people (regardless of political parties). We’re reliving the children of Israel and the golden calf days (we’re worshiping the golden image and not God). The golden calf is not just the President, it’s anything that takes the place of God.

As I wrap this up, I still believe regardless of who won this election, this was an acid test to see where our hearts really are. As I look at my newsfeed, God is only mentioned because they got what they wanted. Never mind God's ultimate plan. We're acting like the children of Israel (give us what we want or we'll revolt). So, he’s giving us what we deserve. The problem with our hearts (as a country) is simply this: the true righteous who are praying the heart of God are going to suffer (much like Joshua & Caleb) because the majority couldn't agree with Joshua & Caleb. And all of us are part of the team. And yes, God will spare Sodom/Gomorrah for 10 righteous. Even though we will suffer, God is with us. Psalm 118 said (and I quoted it 12 years ago), it's better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.

I know this blog post isn’t going to go over well, but I just wanted to get this out of my spirit because while we’re caring more about what we want, somebody is dying next door, possibly committing suicide.