Don’t you hate it when your toes get stepped on?!? I have been studying about the Life of Moses and just recently read over the part where the Israelites have left Egypt and are now in the desert. They have left their oppressors! God has saved them just as He promised and yet once in the desert what do they do? Grumble. Yes, I know I’d be grumbling too if I were in the desert walking forever, the heat, no water or food. Yet God had just brought them out of captivity! Don’t we often do that? Complain yet knowing deep down God has saved us.
Grumbling, complaining, whining, whatever you want to call it we all do it! Why? Because we are not satisfied. I was convicted about how I need to truly apply what I am learning in my Bible study. So many times I read it and think wow, “God is good” or “Look what God has done for them” yet not think about how God is good in my life or see what He has done for me.
I am currently reading how God provided manna from heaven for the Israelites. Food. Nourishment. Exactly what they wanted. God heard Moses’ cry and provided. I have “manna” provided for me daily. Yet when I eat of it do I really savor ever morsel? Nope! I am more likely to devour it as if I were famished and move along. Every morning I have the opportunity to get up and read God’s word. Yet, so many times I hit the snooze and drift off into dreamland saying to myself I’ll do it later. But I never do. Is it any wonder why I grumble then? I find when I am in the Word, I am a happier person. I am more ready to take on whatever the day has in store-good or bad. I am equipped.
Just like the Israelites, I hunger and thirst…spiritually. My goal as a result of this conviction is to truly read and apply what I am learning through my study. I don’t just want to read for the sake of reading the Bible. That’s not what it is there for. It is our nourishment. Our food. It gives us life,energy.
Funny, God has pointed this out to me as I am getting ready to embark on a new training regiment for my next running endeavor. I am looking to revamp my diet. I feel that it is necessary in order to perform well. So as I begin to study on how to do that I am reminded/convicted about how I need to do that in my spiritual life. I need to take inventory of things (“foods”) that I need to purge in order to live the abundant life. Ridding myself of unwanted, unwholesome things in my life so that I can use what I have learned from my studies in my daily life.
So my prayer through this conviction is that God will penetrate through every obstacle so that I may savor His word and live it out. And no grumbling!!!
Grumbling, complaining, whining, whatever you want to call it we all do it! Why? Because we are not satisfied. I was convicted about how I need to truly apply what I am learning in my Bible study. So many times I read it and think wow, “God is good” or “Look what God has done for them” yet not think about how God is good in my life or see what He has done for me.
I am currently reading how God provided manna from heaven for the Israelites. Food. Nourishment. Exactly what they wanted. God heard Moses’ cry and provided. I have “manna” provided for me daily. Yet when I eat of it do I really savor ever morsel? Nope! I am more likely to devour it as if I were famished and move along. Every morning I have the opportunity to get up and read God’s word. Yet, so many times I hit the snooze and drift off into dreamland saying to myself I’ll do it later. But I never do. Is it any wonder why I grumble then? I find when I am in the Word, I am a happier person. I am more ready to take on whatever the day has in store-good or bad. I am equipped.
Just like the Israelites, I hunger and thirst…spiritually. My goal as a result of this conviction is to truly read and apply what I am learning through my study. I don’t just want to read for the sake of reading the Bible. That’s not what it is there for. It is our nourishment. Our food. It gives us life,energy.
Funny, God has pointed this out to me as I am getting ready to embark on a new training regiment for my next running endeavor. I am looking to revamp my diet. I feel that it is necessary in order to perform well. So as I begin to study on how to do that I am reminded/convicted about how I need to do that in my spiritual life. I need to take inventory of things (“foods”) that I need to purge in order to live the abundant life. Ridding myself of unwanted, unwholesome things in my life so that I can use what I have learned from my studies in my daily life.
So my prayer through this conviction is that God will penetrate through every obstacle so that I may savor His word and live it out. And no grumbling!!!
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