There Is No Alternative To Worshiping God!

1Kings 12:28  

"Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, 

and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to 

Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which 

brought thee up out of the land of Egypt." 

    Jeroboam offered the people idolatry as an alternative to worshiping God. Jeroboam knew better than to make the two calves. The prophet had clearly told him that the stability of his throne was contingent upon his obedience. "And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee," (1 Kgs 11:38). It was definitely promised that if he would hearken to do all that was commanded him, God would be with him and build him a sure house. But he was not content with that. 

    Afraid, that if his people went up to the annual feasts at Jerusalem, they would return to their ancient loyalty to David’s throne and kill him, Jeroboam set up the worship of God under the semblance of the two golden calves, "Idolatry."  He broke not the First but the Second Commandment, and sowed seeds from which his descendants were destined to reap a succession of bitter harvests. He was like the foolish man of our Lord’s parable, who heard and did not; and whose house, however carefully it might have been constructed, was sapped by the rising waters. 

    My Friends, Expediency always deceives those who turn from God and rely on the devices of their own hearts. There is no knowing to what lengths men may drift, when they lose their anchor in God. 

Amen!

Reading: (1 Kings 12:25-33)

Ref:( HG SB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry