09/02/2026
𝑨𝒏 𝑰𝑫𝑶𝑳 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆.
In 2 Kings 18:4, King Hezekiah destroyed the bronze serpent Moses had made and called it Nehushtan. It was once used by God for healing.
But later, the people began to 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
That’s what hit me.
An idol is not just a statue. 𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝—𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦—𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐥.
Some things in my life were once blessings from God. He used them. He allowed them. He trusted me with them. But somewhere along the way, 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫.
My security came from it.
My confidence came from it.
My sense of direction came from it.
So when it was taken away, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝— because my heart was leaning on the wrong thing.
That’s when Nehushtan became real to me.
Even something God once used can become an idol 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲.
This realization hurts.
It exposes fear.
It strips comfort.
It leaves you empty.
But sometimes God allows what we cling to most to fall apart—not to punish us, but to 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐦.
True worship is revealed not when life is stable,
but when everything is gone and we choose where to look.
Like Hezekiah, it takes courage to break our own Nehushtan—
the things that once helped us, but now quietly rule our hearts.
My prayer in this season is simple and honest:
to learn to look at God again,
to trust Him again,
not what He gives,
not what makes me feel safe,
but 𝐇𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.
“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐞.”
— Exodus 20:3
💡 Reflection:
What has my attention right now?
What do I think about most when I’m afraid?
What do I believe will save me?
Because 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐡𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐚𝐧.
Lord, take back my attention.
Cleanse my heart.
Teach me to worship You—not because of what I have, but because of who You are.