It's such an easy thing today "follow directions and you'll be fine" yet it is so hard to actually do. The bible often relates to us as sheep. I don't know how many of you have actually seen or been around sheep in your life, but they are STUBBORN. They do not listen and it is very hard to manipulate them to your ways. I have learned to have the upmost respect for shepherds.
These passages show us exactly how we are sheep minded. God helps the people of Israel and they are happy. Although because they do not physically see the hand of God moving in front of them they quickly become discontent. Much like us today, we are so happy when things are going good that we forget about God. When things are going bad we quickly curse God and sometimes go as far as rejecting him. Why is it that we hold on to the bad things and not the good things? Why is it that if you complement a person 10 times and tell them one bad thing, the only thing that sticks out is the negative? God helps us more than we can ever imagine.
Unlike the Israelites we don't see a pillar of fire going ahead of us through our everyday life, if that was the case people wouldn't want to hand around you. That doesn't mean that God isn't there and he doesn't listen to our prayers.
Prayer, Faith, and patience ... simple words ... hard to obey. This text is not in there for us to read to improve on our reading skills. It's there as an example, for us to see and learn from the mistakes that Israel made. Focus on the good, always focus on God and realize that he's there for us all the time. It's one of the hardest things to do at times, but if done it always pays off.
I hope my thoughts make sense and are grammatically correct. I write them down as i'm reading and sometimes they can be a little hard to understand. Thanks for your patience.
Thanks for sharing. I see that sometimes we forget to trust and rely on God. Sometimes I am like the Israelites, some of whom picked up Manna for two days when they were told that God would send it every day except on the Sabbath. They didn't trust that God would provide as he promised and wanted to take matters into their own hands and have control. I do this too, because I never liked to rely on others. I need to remember that God is someone I can and should always rely on. Roxanna
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