An Image Of an Ox

Israel made a bull-calf at Horeb and worshipped a molten image; and so they exchanged their Glory for an image of an ox that feeds on grass. — Psalm 106:19-20.

Imagine exchanging your relationship with God for an image of an ox. You say, I might say, “No way, would I ever do something like that.”

You and I probably wouldn’t worship a bull, but I suspect all of us have put some inanimate object be objects, goals, or tween us and God. Pursuit of money is an obvious graven image, but there are many more goals, objects, visions, or dreams that quickly become obsessions. A few weeks ago Mentioned the phrase about kindness — what gets in your way.

What gets in your way when it comes to your relationship with God? Whatever it is will never give you “Glory.”

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.