Before entering the Promised Land (inhabited by pagan idolaters), the Jews were commanded, “You shall destroy their altars” (Ex. 34:13; Deut. 7:5; 12:3). In Judges 6, Gideon tore down his father’s altar of Baal (6:25-32). King Asa “removed the altars of the foreign gods” (2 Chron. 14:3). The Israelites, led by Jehoiada the priest, “went to the temple of Baal, and…broke in pieces its altars” (2 Chron. 23:17). Josiah “broke down the altars of 
the Baals” (2 Chron. 23:4).
Have any of us built altars that we need to tear down? Have we built an altar to our money and toys and possessions that needs to be torn down? Have we built an altar to our job that needs to be torn down? Have we built an altar to our recreation and hobbies that needs to be torn down? None of these things are intrinsically wrong until they supersede our devotion to God!
So, are there any altars that have slowly been building in your life? Need a hammer?