Don’t Blame God
“I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.” (Psalms 81:10-16)
Today’s Morsel: One of the fallacies that we see in scripture with the nation of Israel, and which is also for our learning, is their lack of obedience to God and His word. Many of them lost their lives because they would not do what God instructed them to do, while others were led into captivity because of their lack of obedience. They found themselves suffering hardships, famines, and even displacement from their land because of disobedience. When God’s Word tells us to do something, we must be obedient and do it. God wants to keep His promise to us. And for Him to do that, we must obey. As Mary told the servants at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, whatsoever He says unto you to do, do it. God said, “Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.” He would have defeated their enemies for them. But because of their disobedience, their enemies and adversaries defeated and destroyed them. Do you remember what the Lord told Solomon when He dedicated the temple? The Lord said, “And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.” (2 Chronicles 7:12-22) What is the application and lesson here? It is this, God will keep His covenant and do what He has promised if we do ours and obey His word.
Sing: I’ve got a God who with His angels watches over me; I’ve got a God who with His angels keeps my enemy beneath His feet. I’ve got a God who is with me when I’m sick or when I’m feeling well. I’ve got a God, I’ve got a God and my God never fails. I’ve got a God.
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