How soon we forget
This week we were again blessed with a really gifted speaker-Dr. Terry Thomas professer from Geneva College. Dr. Thomas` presentation was insightful yet also humerous. Too often we treat Old Testament scripture as heavy and almost mournful so it was fun to hear it presented in a fun way.
God`s voice this week spoke to us from Numbers chapter 11.( I was sore tempted to do a bankruptcy opt- Thank you Lord for sparing me from myself ). 8>)
" And the people grumbled and deplored their hardships" Numbers 11:1. These people lived thousands of years ago yet how true would this be today? God provides and we grumble. Dr. Thomas mentions that we are Americans so indeed have more than the vast majority of Earth`s peoples, yet we grumble. God provided the complainers with more than they could possibly eat( in this case Quails). Then He smote them(Numbers 11:33). Is this analogous to present day wealth? Will we too be punished for asking for too much?
How soon we forget.
God has given us a great gift in that we are able to forget past traumas and difficulties. In this way we are able to face the future without burdun. The downside is that we also forget how bad things were before the Grace of Jesus. We are given wonderful things thru conversion, yet we forget the "before". We start to ask for wants rather than needs. God certainly can and will provide for those wants( especially if ya ask for a gazillion quails) but there can be a penalty. We become tempted to value the new gifts and then to take them for granted and then we forget what they are indeed gifts. God at any moment can and will take them away for the true and only needed gift is His Son and lest we forget - without HIM we have nothing!!
Dr. Thomas said " God does not wow us with power but woos us with love". Its this love that gives us a life of gold. The rest is just trappings soon to rust. Enjoy God`s bounty but never forget gratitude for we are incredibly blessed with far more things than we need. If one feels that he/she is not getting their fair share- read Numbers 11 and beware!
Y`all have a great week and adopt an attitude of graditude.
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