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Advent Devotional Guide
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Jehova Qama - Jealous God
“You must worship no other gods, for the Lord, whose very name is Jealous (Jehovah Qama), is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you.” Exodus 34:14
Does it seem strange to think about God as being jealous over us? If so, it’s probably because we are accustomed to dealing with the psycho-ish, possessive, insecure, or domineering people around us. Ok. Maybe I’m being a little hard, but you get the idea.
God, of course, isn’t like that. But in His own perfect way he does want our undivided attention. In fact, he demands it. Several Scriptures like the one above tell us that we are not to worship anything or anyone except for the one true God.
Why is that?
From my perspective it has everything to do with the fact that he loves us dearly and wants us to reciprocate that devotion. If we run after other interests and ignore him, that tells him that we love other things more than him.
Think about other personal relationships you might have with people whom you love to the moon and back. If they ignore you (don’t answer your phone calls, don’t call you), spend time with somebody of seemingly lesser importance, talk ugly to you or about you — how does that make you feel? Rejected? Unimportant? Angry? Fed up? It drives a wedge between you, doesn’t it? And it usually takes a concerted effort on both parts to repair the relationship.
Is there a wedge between us and the Lord because of our misdirected focus? We need to address that as soon as possible so that our relationship with him can be whole.
Lord, Thank you for your jealous love. If you didn’t love us, you wouldn’t care where we projected our devotions. Help us to evaluate our lives and to find those things that get in the way of a good, solid relationship with you.
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