Once Gideon had defeated the Midianites, the people wanted him to be their king, but Gideon refused. He reminded the people that their king was God. Yet after resisting the temptation of power, Gideon gave in to the temptation of gold.
It may seem correct to think that Gideon deserved a reward for his faithful service, but when Gideon used the gold to make a statue he did a very foolish thing. People began worshipping the statue instead of God.
There are many things we encounter today that may seem at first to be acceptable. But we, too, face the same temptations the Isrealites faced. We tend to place too much importance on things- house, money, cars- and pay less attention to God. We must always be sensitive to focusing on God, not things.
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