Contemplative Bible Reading

Ezekial 20:32 (New International Version)

” ‘You say, “We want to be like the nations, like the peoples of the world, who serve wood and stone.” But what you have in mind will never happen.

Who would want to serve wood and stone? Let’s update “wood” to “money” (money is made from paper which is made from wood) and “stone” to “diamonds.” Now let’s try this again as,

We want to be like the people of the world who serve money and diamonds (material wealth).

Oh, now this is relevant to us today. Sometimes we tend to worship money and let everything else slide while we accumulate it.

God, help me to always understand what it is I am worshipping. Let me always worship you.