Tonight I finished reading 2 Kings. Tomorrow I'll be off to read 1 Chronicles which is more of the same as I understand it. As I'm reading and thinking specifically about worship, a few phrases in 2 Kings 17 really struck me.
In a lot of the Old Testament it seems to be people either worshiped God or idols. This section of Israel's history seemed to generate dual worship.
But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices. So while these new residents worshiped the Lord, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.
Both God and idols. The dangerous question for me is how often does the American church look like that? On Sunday we're obedient in worshiping God, but through the week we worship our own idols. That neutrality is what scares me the most - in my life and in the life of the Church.
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