2 Kings 17: No Other Gods

Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. Rather, worship the LORD your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” - 2 Kings 17:38-39 NIV

What are the other gods that we worship:  the ones that we think will be able to deliver us from our enemies?  Is it our politicians, our political system, our government?  They continue to prove themselves to be pretty inadequate.  They would have us believe they have the solution when they can barely take care of their personal lives.  Is it our doctors, our pediatricians, our onicologists, our hospitals, our drugs?  They have a pretty spotty success rate at best.  They lead us down the path of the promise of eternal youth, only to be met by yet another health problem, a side effect they never anticipated.  Do we trust in our education, our position, our achievements?  Do we trust in our bank account, our investments, our financial institutions?  They can all disappear in an instant.  Do we worship our pastor, our Sunday school teacher, or the televangelist?  They may provide insight into the ttruth, but even they can never deliver us.

There is only one who can deliver us from the hand of any and every enemy we are facing, the Lord God and he doesn't extract a pound of flesh in order to do so.  All he asks is that we call on him.  Such a simple thing and yet it is usually the last thing that we think of to do.