Thursday, March 12

You shall not make for yourself an idol… you shall not worship them…. for I am the Lord your God… Exodus 20:4-6


As part of the Ten Commandments, these verses would seem to pertain to a time in the past. After all, who worships an idol these days? There are no idols to other Gods in Rochester, are there? Perhaps there are no statues to which we bow down, but there are surely "Gods" that we worship. Money, fame, pleasure, work can all become Gods to us if they control our thoghts and energies. When we allow them to become central in our lives they replace the centrality of God, then they keep us from realizing and accepting the love that God has for us.


Gracious and loving God, in our materialistic world it is so easy to forget Your great love for us and the need for us to love You. Help us to keep You central in our lives, and help us to avoid creating other Gods thereby replacing You. Amen.

Elder Bob Sterrett