How often do you build altars? Now, I hope you aren’t building physical altars for animal sacrifice or anything like that. But how often do you praise and worship God? In Genesis chapters 12-13, we meet Abraham and read about his early interactions with God. Four times in those two chapters, we read that Abraham “built an altar to the LORD.” Abraham was quite preoccupied with building altars! Now, that was a different time. That was before the Mosaic Covenant, the Tabernacle, and the Temple. It was certainly before the New Covenant era. But at that time, it was appropriate for Abraham to build altars in various places to sacrifice and worship. And it appears he did this regularly and frequently.
So again, how often do you build altars? Do you regularly assemble with the Lord’s people to worship? Do you regularly offer praise to God or spend time with Him in prayer? Let’s strive to be altar-building people like Abraham!