March 31st, By Kiera Sandberg-Suckarieh: Sophomore

March 31, 2022
Kiera Sandberg-Suckarieh: Sophomore
Exodus 32:7-14/Jn 5:31-47

The reading I am going to discuss is from Exodus 32: 7-14. In this reading, Moses is up on the
mountain with God and away from the Hebrews. While he was gone, the Hebrews made a
golden calf, and this angered God to the point that he wanted to destroy them, and Moses had to
plead to God to leave them be and remind Him, they were God’s chosen people. 
I think what this reading is trying to tell us is that when we lose sight of God’s purpose, we
become corrupt. God became very angry with the Hebrews when they began to worship false
idols, such as the golden calf. People can lose faith in God when things become challenging or
when they start comparing what they have to others. Like the Hebrews, we are always going to
be tempted away from God’s purpose. In today's world, we have multiple distractions such as
social media, money, fame, and any other materialistic things. We are tempted in everyday life
by these things, and this takes our focus away from God.
The Hebrews forgot about how God saved them from Egypt and all He had done for them. God
had become so enraged with the Hebrews that Moses had to calm him and remind him that these
were his chosen people. Moses said, “Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and
how you swore to them by your own self, saying, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as
the stars in the sky; and all this land that I promised, I will give your descendants as their
perpetual heritage.’” Even though we do not always please God, he still wants what is best for
us, just as he wanted for the Hebrews, which is why he saved them from Egypt. 
During this Lenten season, we need to be more attentive to God and not get absorbed or
distracted by irrelevant things. We should give up materials that could be potential false idols or
that interfere with focusing on God. We have to remember that even though life might be hard at
times, that does not mean God isn’t with us.