Deuteronomy 5:8-9

New Living Translation (NLT)

 

 

 

⁸ “You must not make for yourself an idol of any kind, or an image of anything in the heavens or on the earth or in the sea. ⁹ You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God who will not tolerate your affection for any other gods. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations of those who reject me.

 

 

 

 

How would you feel if someone took a picture of you, framed it, stared at it a lot, showed it to others, but completely ignored the real you? God does not want to be treated this way either. He wants a genuine relationship with us, not mere ritual. He wants us to know Him. God knows that if we put anything other than Him at the center of our lives, we will not reach our potential and become all that He wants us to be.

 

 

 

 

 

Joe