Evening is here and I have just finished my ten things. It almost felt like spring today.Ken and I met some friends for coffee in Silverdale this afternoon at Starbucks and when we came out the sun was shining bright and people were actually sitting outside at a patio set drinking coffee.It was quite pleasant but not enough to entice me to sit outside or do yard work today.
Spring will be here before we know it. I enjoy summer the most. I like sitting outside on the porch with a cup of tea and barbecuing everything ( meat ,veggies, fruit , and even bread). I am not sure how healthy that is. I was thinking about how often people ask God for things and then complain about it once they get it. I have done that many times myself. We pray and ask for a bigger house or a bigger yard and when we do get it we complain about how long it takes to clean or how much time it takes to keep up on the yard.
I have seen people pray and ask for a new car and then when they get it they complain about how much more the insurance is to cover it or they pray for a new job or a specific one and when they get it they decide they hate it. I wonder how many times we pray for things and God blesses us with them and then we complain once we get it. That must drive God crazy. I wonder how many times his answer has been no because he knows we will eventually complain about it. It is better just to pray for his will in every situation and be content with what we have until he decides we need something else .
Every time I have read about the Israelite's wandering in the desert for forty years I would think what is wrong with them ? Why do they complain so much? They have seen miraculous things God has done many times yet they still complain and doubt him .I would say I would never do it. But I already do. As my relationship with the Lord has grown over the years it has become less but there are still times I will complain and then I have to stop and remind myself who is in charge, it is definitely not me, or maybe the thing I am complaining about has been self inflicted because I didn't pray about something first and wait for an answer. I may have hastily made a wrong choice with good intentions , but it was still not meant for me to do.
God has given us free will but He has also given us rules to live by for our own good, not so he can put a crimp in our lifestyle. He wants us to live happily and at peace with one another. If you were given a million dollars and handed a checkbook and not given any instructions and you were not taught anything about finances it would be easy for that person to squander it and end up with nothing instead of becoming prosperous.You can kind of look at free will like that, you could make all the poor choices you want and squander your life because God has allowed you to make your own choices or you can follow Gods instructions and have a prosperous future( spending eternity with him).
I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints- but let them not return to folly. PSALMS 85:8
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