When you hear the phrase, “draw a line in the sand,” what comes to your mind?  I see that phrase as a “tough guy” kind of a metaphor.  When a line is drawn in the sand it means that you have a decision to make.  It means that you will need to make a courageous decision that comes with a high price.  It may cost you your life.

Such was the case in Exodus 32.  The Israelites were frustrated at the length of time Moses was up on the mountain.  They turned to their leader Aaron who thought quickly of a way to assuage their anger—make an idol.  So many things are wrong with both their decision making and Aaron’s.  First, no one thought of praying when they were frustrated.  Second, they forgot the God who delivered them from the hands of the Egyptians (Pharaoh’s workload and the Egyptian army). Then no one questioned Aaron’s decision to make a golden calf.  Was there not one man who would do right? 

We live in a politically correct society today.  We fear the consequences of what the world might think...

How well do you know God?  Last night my brother Joe (Missionary Pastor in Abergele, Wales, UK) brought a message on the subject of God’s glory.  It was a study in the first 5 verses of John 17.  He used an illustration of a canyon that British explorers discovered in the 1800’s.  For millennia people had no idea of the existence of this canyon.  Did that mean it did not exist?  Of course not.  It was simply not discovered.  But the fact of the existence of a canyon really has little to do with its glory (not that the fact of its existence is not important).  See its glory is in what is known about the canyon.  For instance, Joe mentioned that the depth of the canyon was so deep that if you could turn Mt. Everest upside down and place it in the canyon  you would still have over 1 ½ miles of water above the mountain.  With a fact like that you begin to understand the glory of the canyon.  The same is true with God.  The more you know about Him the more glorious He becomes.  And as you behold His glory you find...