Exodus 32: When the people saw how long it was taking Moses to come back down the mountain, they gathered around Aaron. “Come on,” they said, “make us some gods who can lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.”
² So Aaron said, “Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me.”
³ All the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. ⁴ Then Aaron took the gold, melted it down, and molded it into the shape of a calf. When the people saw it, they exclaimed, “O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt!”
⁵ Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the Lord!”
⁶ The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.

⁷ The Lord told Moses, “Quick! Go down the mountain! Your people whom you brought from the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.

when the people saw how long it was taking moses to come back down....

well... we can all say that we have been to that place.. where the waiting for God has brought us to insanity... brought us to the point of giving up.. brought us to the place of saying we don't know what has happened... maybe we have been wrong all along.. that is exactly where I am... where I have been for months....

 

and aaron.. who is the one who will be the next priest... gets the idea to build a god they can see and touch...

before we go judging him.. how often do we worship what we can see and touch.. even though we think we do not... it is just so much easier than waiting on a God that is real.. yet we cannot see Him.. sometimes we cannot hear Him... I am learning at this stage of my walk that God doesn't talk all the time.. the deeper into relationship we go.. the more He expects us to just trust what He has said and what He has shown and what He has already done in our lives... and that is proving more difficult than I would ever have imagined..

 

then of course he gets excited because the people are excited... and aaron states.. let's make a festival to the Lord... fooling himself saying he is still worshipping God... which is what we do when we have idols... because it is hard to even recognize when our focus is off God and onto something else because in our mind we are doing it all for God... (raises hand... that one is me..)

 

then God... isn't that always the way.. LOL.. God sees the sins and sets us right... praise God for seeing when I have corrupted myself by wanting my way... by being so tired of waiting on Him to move... by not being completely true to Him alone... and instead of destroying me.. He points it out.. so I can repent and get past it... thank you Father.. for your infinite Love for me..