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So Aaron said, "Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives and sons and daughters, and bring them to me." Exodus 32:2
Peer pressure. Do you ever really outgrow it? Aaron experienced such great pressure to please other people that even a meal in the bright presence of God didn’t deter him from giving in soon thereafter.
It probably wasn’t that Aaron lost his faith in the Lord God. So what went wrong with Aaron? Left in charge of the Israelites for a mere forty days, Aaron couldn’t hold to what he knew was true over against what the people wanted.
The Israelites wanted a god they could see, not a God cloaked in dark clouds and lightning (Exodus 19:16-18). They wanted a religion of wild parties, not a situation where they must wait to hear from God. And who knows what happened to that Moses guy, anyway?
Aaron didn’t lose the priesthood for his part in the Israelites’ idolatry, but he did lose an opportunity to lead the people closer to their one true God.
You certainly can sympathize with others as they wrestle with the unexplained parts of lie and God’s mysterious ways. But, unlike Aaron, never give in to the pressure to remake God just to make them feel better.
Prayer: Lord, transform me. Unlike Aaron, I pray that I do not give in to the pressure of others to redefine You.
Peer pressure. Do you ever really outgrow it? Aaron experienced such great pressure to please other people that even a meal in the bright presence of God didn’t deter him from giving in soon thereafter.
It probably wasn’t that Aaron lost his faith in the Lord God. So what went wrong with Aaron? Left in charge of the Israelites for a mere forty days, Aaron couldn’t hold to what he knew was true over against what the people wanted.
The Israelites wanted a god they could see, not a God cloaked in dark clouds and lightning (Exodus 19:16-18). They wanted a religion of wild parties, not a situation where they must wait to hear from God. And who knows what happened to that Moses guy, anyway?
Aaron didn’t lose the priesthood for his part in the Israelites’ idolatry, but he did lose an opportunity to lead the people closer to their one true God.
You certainly can sympathize with others as they wrestle with the unexplained parts of lie and God’s mysterious ways. But, unlike Aaron, never give in to the pressure to remake God just to make them feel better.
Prayer: Lord, transform me. Unlike Aaron, I pray that I do not give in to the pressure of others to redefine You.
