God wants to hold first place in your heart. God wants to be first in your life. God wants to be the only god that we worship, praise, give thanks to, and serve. This point is illustrated throughout the scriptures.
“And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me” (Exodus 20:1-5).
When God brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt and liberated them from their slavery, he told them they were not to have any other gods before him. He did not want them worshipping any other gods other than him. He did not want them to bow down before any other gods besides him. He did not want them to serve any other gods besides him. Because he is a possessive God, he wanted to be first in their lives. Because he is a jealous God, he did not want to share their affections, their time, or any parts of them with any other gods.
