Tearing Down the Altars
Judges 6:25
“Now on the same night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s bull and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it…’”
Before Gideon ever fought the Midianites, God gave him an assignment in his own house. Before he confronted the enemy outside, God asked him to confront the compromise inside. Gideon had grown up in a culture where the altar of God and the altar of Baal stood side by side. His family had learned to live with both. But God does not share space with anything that steals worship, attention, or allegiance. Revival always starts with the tearing down of competing altars.
We do not build physical altars today, but we build emotional, mental, and spiritual ones. Altars of fear. Altars of control. Altars of pride. Altars of comfort. Altars of distraction. Altars of self-protection. Altars of convenience. Anything we elevate above obedience becomes a modern idol. Before God can build something great through you, He often asks permission to tear something down within you.
This is not punishment. It is preparation. Gideon’s greatest battle was not the Midianite army. His greatest battle was the decision to obey God privately when no one was watching. Once the false altar came down, God released him into a level of purpose he had never imagined. Many believers want public breakthrough without private surrender. God works from the inside out.
Today, ask God: “What needs to be torn down in me?” Do not ask with shame or fear, but with willingness. Whatever God tears down, He always replaces with something stronger, purer, and more fruitful.
Prayer:
Lord, search my heart. Remove every competing altar, every distraction, every fear, every sin, and every comfort that weakens my obedience. Make me whole, pure, and ready for the work You have called me to. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
“Now on the same night the Lord said to him, ‘Take your father’s bull and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it…’”
Before Gideon ever fought the Midianites, God gave him an assignment in his own house. Before he confronted the enemy outside, God asked him to confront the compromise inside. Gideon had grown up in a culture where the altar of God and the altar of Baal stood side by side. His family had learned to live with both. But God does not share space with anything that steals worship, attention, or allegiance. Revival always starts with the tearing down of competing altars.
We do not build physical altars today, but we build emotional, mental, and spiritual ones. Altars of fear. Altars of control. Altars of pride. Altars of comfort. Altars of distraction. Altars of self-protection. Altars of convenience. Anything we elevate above obedience becomes a modern idol. Before God can build something great through you, He often asks permission to tear something down within you.
This is not punishment. It is preparation. Gideon’s greatest battle was not the Midianite army. His greatest battle was the decision to obey God privately when no one was watching. Once the false altar came down, God released him into a level of purpose he had never imagined. Many believers want public breakthrough without private surrender. God works from the inside out.
Today, ask God: “What needs to be torn down in me?” Do not ask with shame or fear, but with willingness. Whatever God tears down, He always replaces with something stronger, purer, and more fruitful.
Prayer:
Lord, search my heart. Remove every competing altar, every distraction, every fear, every sin, and every comfort that weakens my obedience. Make me whole, pure, and ready for the work You have called me to. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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