What do you turn to when you’re afraid, especially when it feels like God has abandoned you or is slow to show up? When the Israelites faced these fears, they turned to a calf made of gold to give them security and stability. We do the same thing: there’s a Golden Calf Maker in all of our hearts. But God heals our hearts by the work of his mediator — Moses, in Israel’s case, Jesus, in ours.