Have No Other Gods

From these verses, we see that God is sovereign, omnipotent, compassionate, and caring. He is our Protector and Deliverer. God delivered the Israelites from slavery out of Egypt. The Lord Jesus Christ delivers us from slavery/bondage to sin and (spiritual) death. We must worship the Lord our God alone. We all worship something. God is to be the sole subject of our worship. Worshiping anything/anyone but God is idolatry. Idolatry is foolishness and sin. Do not give any creature or created things the glory which is due to God alone. Whatever we esteem, revere, delight in, or depend on, more than God, becomes idols ("gods"). God wants our undivided love & loyalty and will not tolerate divided allegiance. We cannot serve two masters. We cannot serve & worship God plus self, or God plus money, or God plus...(fill in the blank). All kinds of superstition are also forbidden because you cannot trust God and also believe in superstition. Do not commit spiritual adultery with others "gods". Be mindful that so many things in life (for example: career, accomplishment, popularity, recognition, others' approval/admiration, loved ones, or even ministries) could become our idols if we place them above God...if we relentlessly pursue them, instead of God. "Idolatry isn't just worship of bad things. No, the desire for even a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a heart ruling thing." (Paul David Tripp)

Prayer: Abba Father, thank You for Your redemptive & protective love for me! Thank You for Your inexhaustible grace and patience! Please remove anything that tries to take away my wholehearted devotion to You. Please keep me from being enticed by worldly things. Please take away pridefulness and selfishness from me. May You alone have preeminence in my heart and my life always! In Jesus' Name, I pray. Amen.