Judges | Tearing Down Family Altars

Judges 6:11-32 // This week we look at the story of Gideon. The Lord’s first commandment to him was to go and tear down his family altar to Baal. An altar is a place in our hearts where we are worshipping an idol. Tearing down these altars is a messy business because it exposes our idolatry and areas in our hearts that rely on something or someone else more than God. The grace and mercy of God is to give us the strength to replace these altars that keep us thirsty (like drinking salt water) with the Living Water that quenches that longing our hearts and the thirstiness of our dry souls for Jesus.