Exodus 32:1 And 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 do not know what is become of him.
The people begin to get impatient, for they are not hearing from God, they are not getting any answers from Aaron, and the suggestion begins to surface that it might be that Moses has abandoned them all in the wilderness. In this frame of mind, the people are now ripe for one of satan’s favorite temptations, for he suggests to them that God is taking too long.
And thus, if they cannot hear from God or Moses in what they deem to be a reasonable period of time, then they would look for alternative leadership. The idolatry which then followed was satan’s version of an alternative, which will always involve some form of disobedience.
Whenever we may find ourselves becoming upset or impatient with God we must then be on the lookout for alternative suggestions coming from devils, and/ or men, which invariably would include a sinful act. Impatience and hastiness are a breeding ground for temptations and sins which would not seem feasible under more favorable circumstances. A counterfeit worship as that which took place at the base of Mt. Sinai, is always satan’s suggested alternative when there is a perceived vacuum of godly leadership.
Exodus 32:2 And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 4 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.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!