Exodus 20:3 (EXB) - “You must not have any other gods except
[or before] me.”
The Isrelites, not unlike people today, were distracted by
the worship of other gods. Neighboring peoples were worshipping created gods;
not the God of the Israelites – the true God. And the Father told them, as He
tells us today, that they were to elevate nothing above Him.
As Matthew Henry says, “The sin against this commandment
which we are most in danger of is giving the glory and honour to any creature
which are due to God only.”
It is within our nature to trust in…rely on…elevate those
things which we can see and touch or exercise some control over. But we are
called to live by faith in a God who never fails; not by our limited sight (see
2 Corinthians 5:7). In so doing, we are careful not to give glory and honor to
any created thing rather than the Creator of all things.
May we take this command to heart realizing that the God who
loves us irrevocably desires that we engage in intimate, informed, and loving
relationship with Him.
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