Taking a good thing... I have been in 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles studying for awhile. This morning I read, "He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan)." 2 Kings 18:4. Not only had Moses made the bronze serpent, but he was commanded by God to make it in order to save God's people from death. It was a life line that was to drag them back to worship the true and living God, yet our habit is to begin to worship the life line.

On one hand that is the amazing part of the incarnation. That Jesus was the lifeline and God, so therefore to worship him is proper. These other things we set up are not. God's church is the lifeline, yet is a means to worship, not something to be worshipped. What are the bronze serpents we need to shatter? Many come to mind for me, yet they must be brought down in a way that exalts Christ and encourages His bride in true worship. That's how Hezekiah did it at least.