Exodus 31

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SHORT MEMORIES

Only 40 days earlier all Israel had gathered at the base of Mt Sinai, prepared and ready to hear the words God would speak to them. God spoke to them from on the mountain and he gave them the Ten Commandments. The first two of the Ten Commandments were, “You shall have no other gods before me,” and “You shall not make any idols.” The experience of the voice of God was so awesome to Israel that they begged Moses to speak to the LORD alone because they couldn’t bear to hear him again. We would have thought that what they had heard would have been indelibly engraved on their memories after all they had experienced.

But now, after only 40 days, it seems they had forgotten all that had happened to them. The people got Aaron to make them a god, a calf, which they worshipped as bringing them out of Egypt, breaking the first two to the ten commandments they had so recently heard.

How long are our memories? Does the Word of God have a lasting effect on us? Will the lessons of a Bible School or a good Bible study stay with us for more than a month? Let us continually refresh our memories by constantly turning to God’s word so that we will not forget what we have heard.

Robert Prins