Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Gratefulness or Grumbling
Today as I was reading the scriptures, I was reminded of the Israelites. How ungrateful and rebelling they were. How God did marvelous miracles and delivered the Israelites from the slavery. Doing lot of miracles in the enemy camp and delivering them from the Pharaoh. Seeing all those miracles and wonders and also miraculously saving them in the red sea by making a way and drowning the entire enemy camp. How many more miracles they have seen it. He lead them through the dessert cloud by the day and pillar of fire by the night how He was guiding them. Still the Israelites was grumbling, rebelling, forgot the covenant they worshiped idols they were not loyal to Him. They kept sinning against him and wilfully putting God to test by demanding
Psalms 78: 17-19
17 But they continued to sin against him,
rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18 They willfully put God to the test
by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against God;
they said, “Can God really
spread a table in the wilderness?
Psalms 78: 37-39
37 their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
38 Yet he was merciful;
he forgave their iniquities
and did not destroy them.
Time after time he restrained his anger
and did not stir up his full wrath.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh,
a passing breeze that does not return.
It was a gentle reminder to me, How many times have seen God's goodness over my life. How many miracles and wonders He has done in my life though I'm not worthy and don't deserve any of His Blessings. Still He Blessed with me with lot of things. I'm no way different from the Israelites seeing all the miracles and wonders but still how many times I would have sinned and gone away from the Lord. Seeing all his provisions and all the blessings till how many times I would have been not grateful for all the goodness you have provided but would have grumbled for little little things. I'm sorry Lord forgive me for all of that and help me to be grateful all your Blessings and for all the things I have and let me not sin and grumble for the things I don't have.

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