Morning by Morning, February 11, 2026 — Casting Out Our Idols for Awakening of Revival
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Put Your thoughts in my mind and Your desires in my heart to direct my steps on the path You have for me today. ...
As I wait for Your leading, this Scripture comes to mind from what someone mentioned in my class last night:
“(King Hezekiah) removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan” (2 Kings 18:4).
King Hezekiah led Isreal in a great revival—a revival of hearts turned back to God, a revival of holiness of heart and life restored to the heart of the nation. And as in any true revival, all that stood in the place that only God was to have had to be cast out as the Spirt of God moved in. All idols came down and God was lifted up once again.
One of the idols that was cast out was “the bronze serpent that Moses had made.” Moses made the bronze serpent at the command of the Lord when the people were dying in the wilderness by the bites of poisonous snakes. When the bronze serpent was lifted up on a pole, all who looked up at it were healed by the Lord.
The bronze serpent was a means of Your grace to bring healing to Your people. It foreshadowed Jesus, the One who would be high and lifted up on the pole of the Cross, who would forgive sins and heal sickness, by the Spirit of God. “And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up” (John 3:14). “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself” (John 12:32).
That bronze serpent was never meant to be worshipped or idolized. It was to point people to God the Creator, God the Savior, God the Healer and Deliverer, not to any created thing. Even though God commanded it to be created and used it in power to help the people, it was not to take a place in their hearts that only God was to have.
So it had to be cast out for revival to come.
Lord, reveal anything in me that needs to be cast out of my heart that’s taking the place that only You are to have. Fill me afresh with the Spirit of God to awaken revival in me. I pray the same for my community and my nation.
I’m hearing in my heart words of a worship song:
Give us clean hands. Give us pure hearts. Let us not lift our souls to another. O Lord, let us be A generation who seeks, Who seeks Your face, O God of Jacob.
Yes, Lord. Let us be a generation who seeks Your face and none other (Psalm 24:3-6). Awaken Your revival in us, as we cast out our idols. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be filled with the Spirit of God as you cast out any idols, awakened with revival of holiness of heart and life, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
Click Here to Listen to Today's Prayer: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2375760
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
502 North Milam Street
Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Please share this word to encourage a friend! Anyone can sign up for free at: https://messiah-ministries.org
My Books on Inner Healing, Spiritual Freedom and Spiritual Intimacy with God are Available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/tommyhays
“Setting hearts free to be all you were created to be —Free to Be Like Jesus— secure in your identity, growing in maturity, fulfilling your destiny"
https://messiah-ministries.org/partner/contribute | 
