This was the question of the day: Where did Aaron get the gold to make the calf? Well we all know the children of Israel gladly gave up all their golden earrings, bracelets, and necklaces so Aaron could use them to make them an idol to worship. What I never considered was where they got all that gold. But when you go back to Exodus 12:35-36 you quickly find out. From the Egyptians yes, but it was God who moved upon them to give it to them. That's right, it was a gift from God to His children! The Israelites turned God's gifts into gods! That statement just floored me! Wow, don't we do just that with the gifts He gives us?! Same gold, different function. Think about that a minute.
A. W. Tozer in the Pursuit of God said it this way: "Sin has introduced complications and has made those very gifts of God a potential source of ruin to the soul."
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