High Places

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord?

He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample down their high places.

 

Deuteronomy 33:29

One of the most successful movies of our time has been Star Wars, a futuristic movie where the forces of good battle the forces of evil in a far-off galactic solar system. In order for the forces of good to win their battle, they must enter the airspace of their enemies and find the central power source inside the enemy space station.

 

Their fighter jets must locate this central nervous system and fire a laser missile into its heart in order to destroy the power source. The final scene shows the hero sending a last-minute laser missile into the power source and blowing up the space station and all the evil characters who live on it.

Throughout history, cultures have recognized idols on the high places, on the tops of hills or mountains, as their power sources. God said these high places are an abomination to Him. When God brought the people of Israel into the Promised Land, He instructed them to destroy all the high places.

 

High places are anything that is elevated above God and is worshiped.

 

Are there any high places that take the place of God in your life?

 

Ask God to show you the high places so that you can confess them and turn from them towards God—the one true God in your life.