People do more stupid stuff based upon lack of knowledge! Exodus 30-32

People do more stupid stuff based upon lack of knowledge!  How many times have we gone off and made a poor decision before we had all the facts.  Or, how many times have we "willingly" ignored the facts, or not sought them out simply because we didn't want to have them "change our mind" so we could do what we wanted?  When we fail to have knowledge or get knowledge or believe the knowledge we have we can make some incredibly foolish decisions.   We can buy things, do things, go places, engage in friendships and all the time if we had one or two pieces of knowledge we would not.  The story in Exodus 32 is one of those times.  When Moses went up to the mountain to get the 10 commandments the people in the valley forgot what he was doing.  Aaron, Moses' brother, was in charge.  But, as the leader he failed to continue to remind the people of Moses' holy purpose.   Instead of waiting they wanted to move forward without knowledge.  In 32:1 we see that they openly admitted to "not knowing what had become of this man, Moses."   How can that be?  Moses said he was going up to the mountain.  They saw him go.  He said he was going to talk to God.  The mountain had lighting and thunder and they originally feared the mountain.   But, Aaron failed in his leadership to keep them focused each of the 40 days on what Moses purpose was.   So, they forgot it and that motivated them to look for other sources of security and mindless worship.   As a leader in your home, business, church, or college, or organization sometimes it is simply your job to remind everyone what they are there for.   Aaron needed no knew teaching.  He needed no great insight into human behavior.  He didn't need to know psychology 101 on human behavior.   He simply needed to remind the people of their purpose.   When Christ ascended to heaven He said He would be back.  He gave us a job to do while He was gone "with the Father."  Have we forgotten His mission and started to make our own golden calves because we forgot what we once knew?  Are we ignoring the knowledge and acting out of ignorance as we build homes and wealth and educational endeavors and we forget the our only reason on this earth is to preach the gospel to all peoples?  What does your golden calf look like?