Content with false gods

“And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.” - Judges 18v30-31

Micah’s personal priest became well know. He had forsaken the worship of God and was totally dedicated to the false gods. The Danites came and offered him a better deal and convinced him that it was better to serve a whole tribe than one man. He had lost all of his scruples and sold out to the Danites. As a result the Danites set of Micah;s graven image while the true house of God was in Shiloh. The continued their false worship until the captivity.

The Danites were too lazy to worship the true God. Expediency was more important than devotion.

How often do God’s people do what is expedient instead of what is right? How often do we take the easy way out instead of truly following Him whatever the sacrifice? It would have been hard to travel to Shiloh, but it was the right thing to do. Doing it is not always the easy thing for us either.