"And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. "
Deuteronomy 4:19
Moses is cautioning the people of Israel to watch themselves carefully. To keep watch over the affections of their hearts. That in the act of lifting their eyes to the heavens that they not be captivated by the sun, moon and stars to the point that they bow down and worship them. See ideally the stars and the moon and the sun should draw them closer to God as they revel in the awesomeness of God. However this heart is so deceptive that unless it is guarded by God, it is so easily swayed.
And its so easy in our day to day to let our hearts be captivated by the very things that were meant to draw us closer to God to the point of an imbalance or even idolatry .
The people God has placed in our lives, our jobs, our school, the freedom we have, the health we have, this very life itself and all it encompasses...
I pray that we lift our hearts to the Lord and pray that He keep it sensitive to Him. That at no point in time our hearts be captivated by anything that takes precedence over God Himself.
That our worship forever be to Christ alone !
God Bless
