# What You Trust Most Is Controlling You | Hosea 10:5-6

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Podcast: [The Daily + Weekly by Vince Miller](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-weekly-by-vince-miller-525491)
Published: 2026-07-15T05:01:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome to The Daily. Today, I want to give a shoutout to Brian Long from Tullahome, TN . Thank you so much for your partnership with us in Project23 . Grab your Hosea Scripture Journal. Our text today is Hosea 10:5-6 : The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Beth-aven. Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced over it and over its glory— for it has departed from them. The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria as tribute to the great king. Ephraim shall be put to shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol. — Hosea 10:5-6 It's amazing how attached we become to the things replacing God. Israel had built an idol, a golden calf, at Beth-aven , and over time, it became more than an object. It became security. Identity. National pride. A source of comfort and confidence. Then suddenly, it would be gone. "Carried to Assyria." The idol they trusted could not even save itself or Israel from Assyria. Think about all that wasted time and money. All the wasted worship—false worship at that. That's the irony of every idol. We spend our lives protecting things that were never capable of protecting us. And modern idols are no different. They are our careers, platforms, political identities, relationships, money, influence, entertainment, appearance, comfort, and control. They are the things we quietly attach our worth, hope, and security to. At first, idols feel powerful because they appear to deliver. They give temporary comfort, temporary success, and temporary affirmation. But eventually every idol reveals the same truth: What we choose to replace God cannot sustain us like God. That's why people panic when idols collapse. When the market drops. When the platform shrinks. When the relationship ends. When the career changes. Whe…

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