40But the people would not listen and continued to follow their former practices. 41So while these new residents worshiped the lord, they also worshiped their idols. And to this day their descendants do the same.
I think of how many times the bible keeps telling us how important it is to not worship any other gods... in this chapter, the israelites (the northern kingdom) was taken over by assyria and removed from the land.. the king of assyria replaced them with people from many other places who only knew of other gods.. God sent lions to kill them because they were not worshiping Him... the king then sends the priests back to teach the people about the God of the land.. who is of course the only God there really is...
I find it amazing... about me.. about you.. about everyone.. we always say that we don't worship other gods.. but when we put anything at all before God.. we are worshiping something else.. I can say I don't do it.. but we all do.. many times unintentionally... any time we are disobedient to what God wants we are putting whatever we are disobedient about before him...
in my own life I know I have done it over and over about a man.. I can't even tell you the times that I have not done whatever God wanted in the hopes of pleasing a man... truthfully I would say I have done it over my children sometimes... and I have done it many many many times over money... which all of these things come down to wanting my desires over the will of God...
I am thankful that while I am not always achieving it.. my desire now is for God's will above my own... as many people as God destroyed and deserted for putting something else above Him.. I am so thankful that He waited on me to get myself together and do things His way... His love is everlasting.. and I am thankful...
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