Exodus 32:4 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.

I do not recall anyone ever asking this question: Where did Aaron learn the skills to fashion a golden idol? In this moment, when we look at the sins of the exiles who came out of Egypt, what is talked about more than anything else is the rebellion, unfaithfulness, and their returning to pagan worship.

Say what you will about Aaron’s behavior and rationalize his response to the demands of the people but please do not lose focus on the how in exclaiming the why.

Isaiah 42:9 Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

The trap here is falling back into how you did things in the past. Learned behavior is one of the hardest things for us to overcome, especially if we have had some success in the effort. Behaviors become a thoughtless action, they are so ingrained into our actions and reactions we seldom give thought to them.

Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

How will you get to see these new things if you will not go where God is doing His new thing? He said in 42:9 that before they happen He will declare them to you. Are you going to remain where the past has some hold on you or are you going to break the mold of the golden calf and spring forward to see what the Lord is doing?