Things were really a mess. The people seem to have all idea of what it meant to be God’s people. They rejected authority and were constantly running in and out of sin. When people reject God and His way anything is possible. Morals collapse, the sense of right and wrong collapse, unbelievable wickedness is possible. As we see here this can happen with or without ‘religion’ because religion often has nothing to do with God.
He we have a chap named Micah. He was an Israelite, but he was so far from God that he had no knowledge of God or his blessings. The reality of a relationship with God was totally foreign.
So he sorted out his own way to try and get God’s blessings. He hired his own personal priest and thought, ‘there, now God will bless me.’
But God doesn’t bless because of good luck charms. He doesn’t bless because of statues on the dashboard or carrying a Bible wherever we go. He doesn’t bless because we go to church or sing the songs or do anything else as a token of our religion.
Most of us are not going to try to hire a priest to get God on our side. But that doesn’t mean we are beyond trying to use our own machinations to try to persuade God to bless us.
But real blessing doesn’t come that way. Real blessing comes through faith and obedience and love and fellowship with Him.
God doesn’t bless our tokens - He blesses our obedience.
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