Judges 18:22 says, And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah’s house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.  Before the men of Dan got away too far from the house Micah, they were overtaken by the men of the area.  It was not unnoticed that they were in the area.  Verse twenty-three declares,  And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?  The men of the area cried out to the men of Dan, and the men of Dan looked to Micah and asked why he was coming at them with such a large group of men.  When we are doing what we believe God to be telling us to do, if we encounter a large group of people, especially those who are supposed to be fellow Christians, we might likewise ask them why they are opposing us.  Of course, the fact that the men of Dan had stolen from Micah should have made them aware of why they were being confronted.  We should not be surprised if we are confronted if we have done someone wrong.  Verse twenty-four states, And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?  Basically, Micah said to the men of Dan that they knew what they had done, so why were asking him why they were acting like he was the one who was doing something wrong.  Micah said that they had taken away the gods that he had made and his priest.  We as followers of Christ can never have anyone take away our God, because we did not make Him, but He made us.  If there are things in our lives that we have made into gods, we need to have them taken away.  Verse twenty-five says, And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.  The men of Dan, who were in the wrong, told Micah to be quiet, or they might kill him.  This was an example of  might makes right, which is the rule too often in situations in the world today.  Verse twenty-six adds, And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.  The people of Dan went on their way, and when Micah saw how powerful they were, he went back into his house.  Matthew Henry says that Micah must not have had much faith in his gods to protect him, since if he had he would have fought for them.  Man made gods can never do anything to protect anyone, so in some respects, Micah was better off without them.  Verse twenty-seven states, And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.  The men of Dan next came to the people of Laish, a peaceful people, and killed them with the sword.  They evidently felt that they were a powerful people by this time, doing whatever they wanted to do to the people that they met.  Though as Christians we are a spiritually powerful people, that does not give us the right to mistreat people that we meet.  Verse twenty-eight declares, And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.  There was no one to come to the rescue of the people of Laish, so after the people of Dan defeated them, they built a city and settled there.  Again, I am sure they were feeling very successful by this time, having defeated the people around them and even having their own gods and priest.  These were still a part of God's chosen people, but there was no leadership of God in what they were doing.  As followers of Christ today, no matter how successful we may be in the eyes of the world, if we are not following God's guidance, then we are never spiritually successful.  Verse twenty-nine adds,  And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.  They renamed the city Dan, though it had first been named Laish.  Verse thirty proclaims, And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land.  The people of Dan set up the false gods to be worshipped and their priests participated in the worship.  Though they were born into the family of Israel, God's chosen people, they were about as far away from being His people spiritually as they could get.  We may be called God's people today because of where we were born or who our parents may have been, but until we come to Jesus Christ and allow Him to be our Savior and Lord, we are still just lost people following our own gods.  Verse thirty-one concludes, And they set them up Micah’s graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.  The people of Dan continued to worship the graven image that Micah had made.  The question we need to ask ourselves today is if we have allowed a graven image to take the place of God in our lives.  We cannot be obedient to God and at the same time allow anything in this world to take His place in our lives.