You shall not make for yourself an [idol] in the form of anything… You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God. — Exodus 20:4-5Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.God is jealous for your heart, not because He is petty or insecure, but because He loves you.The reason why God has such a huge problem with idolatry is that His love for you is all-consuming. He loves you too much to share you…And here’s what is said of God:For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. — Deuteronomy 4:24In the Bible, the words jealous and zealous are basically interchangeable — it’s the same Hebrew word in the original texts. In English, we spell the two almost the same because they derive from the same Greek root. We think of zeal as being intense enthusiasm. That idea captures why God is so possessive about us: He is, as He says, a consuming fire of passion for us.Do you remember falling deeply in love — how you burned with a deep passion for the love of someone, how you were consumed with these feelings? That was only the barest shadow of the power of God’s love for you.We need to remember, as we talk about God’s intolerance of idolatry, that everything comes back to a passionate love that is so immense, so powerful, that it burns hotter than a billion suns.
Jonathone Rajib, wrote-Senior Pastor, POTTERS HOUSE in Bangladesh
