FAITH CAPSULE: Disconnect self from another god, stay focused on God.  

Numbers 25

When God is not the center of the life of one, self or another god shall become the center of the life of one. 
What kind of god have you joined yourself to worship as a god? 
Today, be vigilant not to join any other god but focus on One and only God the creator of all. 
Joining any other god besides the One and true God is, renouncing the Almighty God above all.
Joining any other god is evidence of despising God for a god that does not have life. 
During the journey of Israelites to Promised Land, their stop over at Acacia Grove was the time they joined another god. 
Numbers 25:1-3 records, “Now Israel remained in Acacia Grove, and the people began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. They invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, and the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel. 
The children of Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor. 
The Israelites assigned themselves to another god; the commandment of God was no longer relevant to them; they began to go after a god rather than commit to God with deliverance and preservation.
Baal of Peor was the god worshiped in Moab that made the children of Israel committed to harlotry, sacrificing other gods and bowing down to gods outside of the God with an outstretched hand for their deliverance. 
What or who have you joined yourself? 
Consciously or unconsciously, have you entered a life that is gradually taking you outside of the way of the Only true God?
The Israelites joined to another god, a demonstration of departing away from delivering God. 
To be departed from God provoked God against the Israelites.
The Bible records, “Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before the LORD, out in the sun that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel.” (Numbers 25:4) 
It is true that every step outside the word with a later return for forgiveness, but the consequence remains.
Do not join another god of the world. 
To join another god is jumping into pain because consequences will always come with long-lasting pain. 
The consequence is the reason to remain consistent in walking in the word of God.
Do not join another god outside of the living God of creation. 
Israelites joined Baal of Peor, a sin with a painful consequence that took many lives. 
Numbers 25:9 states, “And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.”  
The testimony of the Israelites for joining another god is a devastating act of sin that God does not tolerate. 
Disconnect yourself from another god and stay focused on God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to be the focus and not join any other god.