DCLM Higher Everyday 14 December 2025 — The Golden Calf: Israel’s Guilt
DCLM Higher Everyday 14 December 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Golden Calf: Israel’s Guilt
Topic: The Golden Calf: Israel’s Guilt
Text: Exodus 32:1-10
1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
3And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.
4And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
5And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.
6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
7And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
9And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
10Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.
Key Verse: “And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt” (Exodus 32:4).
Message
Moses’ delay on the Mount, where he went to get the tables of commandments for Israel, led to Israel’s backsliding and descent into idolatrous dancing and feasting. Their demand, “Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him,” reveals their depravity and ungratefulness to God and his anointed, who had laboured so much for their deliverance from Egyptian bondage.
Also Read: DCLM Higher Everyday 13 December 2025 – Repentance And Restitution
Leaders must have the courage to stand for the truth and refuse the unrighteous demands of their followers. Aaron’s fickleness made him submit to their pressure to make them the calf; hence, Israel failed and fell cheaply into idolatry, forgetting their peculiarity as a people. Believers must realize their distinctiveness as saints and refuse to replace God with any practice of idolatry like the love of money, worldly pleasure, entertainment, sensual worship services, Satanism, pornography, extraterrestrial meditations, witchcraft, enchantments, and divination. “…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD,” said Joshua. And you?
Quote: I will serve only God
Challenge: Stand for God, no matter the pressure.
Prayer for today: My God, give me the grace not to have any other god beside you.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
