October 27, 2012 – Psalm 81 – 83

81 talks of worshipping an alien God.  This is in the context of talking about coming out of Egypt.  It is interesting because now there are all sorts of sci-fi stories talking about the Egyptian gods and how they were really alien invaders.  That led them to building such amazing things, the wild looking gods they had, etc.  It is just interesting to see “alien gods” in the Bible when talking about Egypt. 

When you do not trust God, He gives you what you want, a life on your own.  That is what it says happened to Israel when they left Egypt.  They did not trust in Him, so He let them have their way and they went on their own.  It wasn’t long before they came back asking Him to be with them again.  It is only the most stubborn that refuse to see that they need Him, that going it alone will never work.