Delayed

"Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, 'Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him'” (‭Exodus‬ ‭32‬:‭1‬ NKJV). As long as the children of Israel followed the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night, they had victory over the enemy. God will always be there for us, even when it does not seem like He is. The mountain trembled and shook with the presence of God. Moses was called by the Lord to go up and commune with Him. While he was gone, the children of Israel began to worry and grow impatient. So, they decided to stand up to Aaron and have him make them a god, just like the ones they had in Egypt. So, he did what they asked. He made a golden calf so that the children of Israel may worship it. How funny it is that we know where the presence of God is, just as did the children of Israel did, but the carnal minded person has no patience to wait upon the Lord, nor do they have the time to worship God the Father. So, they will chase after the old idols and assume they are okay by doing so. Only the Word of God can take the old slave out of us. No man can, no drugs can, and surely nothing from this world can, but it is only the presence of The Lord that can deliver us. Jesus made it very clear in the Gospel of John, "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing"(John 15:5). We can do nothing apart from Christ. Apart from the glory of God, we are lifeless, barren, dried up, and living after old idols. Get into the presence of the Lord and allow Him to move within you so that you can be fruitful in these end times. God bless you. Amen