People try to play God by taking matters into their own hands in their own time. It is seen in trying to control people and events. We can easily become anxious control freaks. It is because, in reality, we do not trust God to know what He's doing. Sin is distrust as well as disobedience. Not trusting God is a sin in itself, but it also leads to other sins as we devise our own strategies for making life work the way we want it to. When we try to play God, we slowly drive ourselves crazy. Exodus 32 is scary. Aaron had spiritual experiences that far exceed anything that any of us have ever had. But after all of these displays of God's glory and power, while Moses was on the mountain meeting with God, Aaron quickly gave in to the people's request and fashioned the golden calf for Israel to worship. Our initial reaction is, "How could he do that?" If we think that we could never do what Aaron did, think again. I'm vulnerable to Aaron's sin, and so are you! The sin of worshiping the golden calf was not total apostasy, but an effort to create a more user-friendly god. We humans are tempted to see God like we want him to be, rather than how he has revealed himself. At the end of the day, idolatry is self-worship.
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David Bodanza
Don't Play God For Such A Time As This Mission of Grace Church
David Bodanza is the pastor of Mission of Grace Church in Massachusetts. He is also a practicing lawyer. He holds an M.Div. degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and a J.D. from New England School of Law. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, four children and four...
