Jealous Much?

I read this today and thought you might benefit from it as much as I did.

 

You shall not worship any other god for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.”EXODUS 34:14

Covetousness and envy are wrong, but appropriate jealousy is a dimension of passionate love. To be jealous of a business rival or of someone considered more attractive is actually to covet, and therefore a violation of God’s commandment. But if a third party intervenes in a marriage, the offended individual will be rightly jealous if love is present. Jealousy allows for no rivals in intimate relationships. This is why God is jealous when His people embrace idolatry. Be grateful He is jealous for you, because it’s a sign of the intensity of His love for you.

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[Brockg]

I have heard from several people that they do not understand the idea of God being jealous. The most famous person I have heard this from is Oprah. This was actually her reason for beginning to look elsewhere for spirituality/salvation. You can YouTube it. I can see how it would be hard to grasp that an infinite, almighty God would be jealous of us. But if we understand God and who he is as a Father, not just a distant Creator, His jealousy is better comprehended. His jealousy is another beautiful characteristic of His love for us. Proof that our connection to God is through an intimate relationship with Him made possible through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and not through religion or denomination. Ultimately, we must accept that this is about God desiring to be in relationship with us in order to understand the fact that He is jealous when we choose to follow anyone but Him.