The newest big thing is AI (artificial intelligence), but wouldn’t it be better to be connected to spiritual intelligence! Is AI the next idol to worship in the secular realm? It’s important to be connected to the ONE true God. As we find out in today’s passage, not being connected to the ONE true God leads to a dismal future.  

Reading today 2 Kings 17, several bad kings were not doing what was right in the eyes of God and the whole nation faced a very bleak future. The worship of other gods was practiced, and the anger of the ONE true God was aroused (v. 11). Then we read that God allowed the whole nation to be taken over by Assyria and the people were taken from their homeland into exile in Assyria (v. 23).

The king of Assyria sent a priests to Samaria to live there and teach them how to worship the Lord (v. 28). Still there was confusion and hypocrisy as they worshiped the Lord, but also their own gods (v. 33). Think about today’s culture. Don’t we do the same today? There is confusion as many worship the Lord on Sunday, but also their own gods the rest of the week. Anything we put before God is an idol. Examples may include money, job, food, alcohol, and the list goes on and on.

The message for us is to know what God requires and to pay close attention. If we follow the next best thing in the secular realm, disorder will expand to fill the void of human failure, but if we focus on the ONE true God, order will fill the void with greatness.

This day with God, let us see His majesty in the things around us. Let us worship the ONE true God who became human and died for our sins. If Christ is our king and our love, we will be connected to the Holy Trinity which is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We will be brought back from cultural decline that leads to destruction in order to once again flourish.

This day with You Lord, we are thankful that You are the real Intelligence and not artificial. Things built by man are inferior but You Lord are supreme. Today, we put our total attention into Your majesty and worship the ONE true God who became human and died for our sins. Because we follow Christ our King, we are guided by and provided spiritual intelligence. We are properly connected to the power source with power beyond all comprehension. For in Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.