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You alone are the Lord (YHWH). You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them and the heavenly host bows down before You.
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Given that wonderful truth, it only makes sense that David would declare on behalf of all of us that the earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it. {Ps.24:1} And it also makes clear why the Lord has made His position, His thoughts, on this topic very clear: “—for you shall not worship any other god, for YHWH, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” {Ex.34:14}

I believe that the vast majority of those who have been saved by the shed blood of the Lamb and have read this will be in total agreement with the command of God that we have no other gods in our lives. However, remembering the subtlety of that old serpent in the garden who told the woman that she could make herself like God {Gen.3:5}, we have to recognize that the greatest danger can be US. For if we take control and think that we are in charge—then we are playing God! There is only one Lord. {Eph.4:5}

To be clear, we have no right, desire or ability to be God, however we should have a consuming desire to be just like Jesus—and obviously the Father shares that desire because He has preordained it as the apostle Paul wrote: For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren. {Rom.8:29}

That will be evident when we, like Jesus, will only speak what the Father Himself has told us {Jn.12:49} and we will only do what we see the Father doing {Jn.5:19} just as Jesus did. And, then we love others as Jesus told us to! {Jn.5:12} I don’t want to be God—but I do want to be godly, and I want to obey the instruction of God:

“Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.” (Ephesians 5:1-2)

BE HOLY IN ALL YOU SAY AND DO