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Stolen Gods - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2024

Stolen Gods details logo    Our Daily Bread - Tuesday, May 10, 2023
  by RBC Ministries
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Stolen Gods

Bible in a Year: 2 Kings 10-12, John 1:29-51

You have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome.
Genesis 32:28

Today's Scripture & Insight: Genesis 31:19-21; 32:22-30

A carved wooden figure—a household god—had been stolen from a woman named Ekuwa, so she reported it to the authorities. Believing they had found the idol, law enforcement officials invited her to identify it. "Is this your god?" they asked. She said sadly, "No, my god is much larger and more beautiful than that."

People have long tried to give shape to their concept of deity, hoping for a handmade god to protect them. Perhaps that's why Jacob's wife Rachel "stole her father's household gods" as they fled from Laban (Genesis 31:19). But God had His hand on Jacob, despite the idols hidden in his camp (v. 34).

Later, on that same journey, Jacob wrestled all night with "a man" (32:24). He must have understood this opponent was no mere human, because at daybreak Jacob insisted, "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (v. 26). The man renamed him Israel ("God fights") and then blessed him (vv. 28-29). Jacob called the spot Peniel ("face of God"), "because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared" (v. 30).

This God—the one true God—is infinitely larger and more beautiful than anything Ekuwa could have ever imagined. He can't be carved, stolen, or hidden. Yet, as Jacob learned that night, we can approach Him! Jesus taught His disciples to call this God "our Father in heaven" (Matthew 6:9).

By: Tim Gustafson

Reflect & Pray
How would you describe God? How might your ideas of Him be too limited?

Heavenly Father, forgive me for seeing You as smaller than You really are. Help me embrace the reality of who You truly are.
Stolen Gods





 

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