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CHOICES: GOD OR PHALLUS?

Date: 
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Bible Meditation: 
Ezekiel 8: 1-18

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life – Proverbs 4: 23

“The prophet Ezekiel was swept away in a vision, transported to Jerusalem to the temple, to the gate through which God’s people came to worship. And there, in the entry to the court stood a vulgar, indecent idol described literally as “an idol that makes God jealous.”

The idol Ezekiel saw was a phallic symbol, a carved pillar representing the worship of sex and everything associated with it. It stood opposite the Shekinah, the cloud that represented the presence of God among His people.

These forces still vie for attention. On the one hand there is SEXUALITY; on the other hand, SPIRITUALITY – the two most powerful forces in the world. The thrill of lust always leads us away from God. Lust and love for God cannot co-exist. They are antagonistic; one displaces the other.

Every day we move between these two passions; every day we’re forced to choose whom we’ll serve: God or Phallus? The choice we make is the choice we take with us into our souls.

If we bow before God, He will begin to deal with all our other choices. If we worship sex, it will enter into the secret places in our lives and corrupt us. We will go from bad to worse. As the angel said to Ezekiel, in effect, “You haven’t seen anything yet!” (8:6).

 David Roper
 Excerpt from: In Quietness and Confidence: The Making of a Man of God (1999), pp. 78-79

Prayer: 
Lord, I bow my soul before Your throne of mercy and declare my deliverance from the clutches of immoral desires and lustful passions. Sin shall by no means have dominion over my spirit, soul or body in Jesus name.
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