DENYING THE GOD OF HEAVEN
Today's reading: Job 31-34

"Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold? Does my happiness depend on my wealth and all that I own? Have I looked at the sun shining in the skies, or the moon walking down its silver pathway, and been secretly enticed in my heart to worship them? If so, I should be punished by the judges, for it would mean I had denied the God of heaven." Job 31:24-28 NLT

Ouch.

I mean, pull-the-stickiest-bandage-off-an-already-sore-wound, ouch!

Go ahead, re-read these verses...

Did God poke you in the ribs and clear His throat, giving you cause to think He placed this portion of Scripture in His Word JUST FOR YOU?

Now, one might argue, we are beings created by God with an inborn desire to worship.

Sad thing is, we end up worshiping the wrong things.

Man-made things.

Things we think we have control over.

Things we are led to believe make us look better, bigger, wiser, more put-together.

But to read--to read and swallow--the words, I had denied the God of heaven.

That's where the band-aid adhesive pulled off good skin, healing skin, hurting skin--and hair!

We would never, but we do.

We know better, but we do it anyway.

We shouldn't, but we are all guilty of it.

Think about this portion of Scripture as you go about your day. Go ahead, try to not think about it!