Do you recall going to the circus? The big tent? All the weird and funny things you would see? What was your favorite thing to watch? Perhaps you enjoyed seeing the elephants, or perhaps the lion tamer, or perhaps you would much rather ride the rides that traveled along with the circus. The circus has often been labeled, "the greatest show on earth". The marketing idea was to communicate to the general public that you had never seen anything else like the circus, anywhere. It was a unique show, and it seemed like every time you went, there was something new that you had not seen before. It's funny how quickly we get bored as human beings. There are some examples in Scripture of God's people getting bored. The circus came into town, distracted people from their boring, routine life and gave them some excitement for a few days. Distractions are just like the circus, a show. The show comes and goes. Distractions in our spiritual lives can be devastating.
In Exodus 32:1, the people of God grow impatient and bored with Moses' time with God. It was taking Moses so long to get down off the mountain, that they told Aaron that they wanted to see a show. Aaron gave into their demands. He made them a golden calf and they partied! They had a show. This show was short-lived, and it was devasting to their spiritual life and it cost about 3,000 of them their physical lives. The people of God and their leader took their eyes off God for a moment and they became distracted and bored. This distraction led them to sin, and cost them dearly!
God's people can not afford to take their eyes off God. We must remain focused not on the "great shows" in life, but on the Great God! How do we remain focused on Him? We spend time in His Word daily, we spend time with Him in prayer, and we guard against being distracted from this time alone with God at all costs! What is your routine of spending time with God? Has that routine become boring to you? Don't allow the enemy to distract you from the vibrant, abundant relationship Christ wants to have with you. Commit to make your personal time with God the "greatest time" on earth!
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