"Micah's Unlawful Worship"

The sin of self-styled worship is mentioned in this story.

I remember times when some people would not go to church on Sundays but would rather watch a preaching on TV to substitute for a church service.

Some would give a portion of their money to the church to appease for their lack of commitment to God in their personal lives, thinking that the money they gave would propititiate, would be enough to keep their status as being close to God.

As I continue to study the bible further, I always find myself humbly grateful to God for giving me the privilege to learn about Him, because EACH TIME I read a tragic story in the bible, I KNOW THAT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. Micah's sin of unlawful worship could have been my story if I had not known Him deeper in my life.

For truly without Him, I am blind, stubborn, wreckless. I am the worst form of an ignorant person having no understanding of the consequences of my actions.

How then could I serve Him? How then could I continue to please Him? If truly what I want in my life is to please God, then there is no other way to go but for me to start learning to pattern myself according to His ways.

(meditation on Judges 17)