There is a continuous theme in the OT Kings that involves good kings smashing Ashera poles, shrines and foreign temples and the bad Kings building them up. We can look at these and think it strange that something so obvious happened in direct opposition to God's command but actually, we all do exactly the same things.
In our lives, we build up foreign Gods, either in general or specifically in the church. We venerate people sometimes above God, we talk about ministries as if the success is due to people, we talk about certain churches like they are special despite God rather than because of.
If we are taking over a ministry, does our Spirit tell us to smash these Gods and work to remove things that distract us from God? Do we specifically avoid praising men rather than God? And more importantly, do we actively rebuke people or situations that say things related to idolatry?
I expect mostly not!
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