The results of being ungrateful
We have so much to be grateful for on this Thanksgiving Day. We live good lives here on Earth, and if we have put our faith in Christ, we have the promise of eternal life when this life ends. We have food to eat and roofs over our heads. Most of all, we have Jesus Christ. Different people have different blessings, but we are all blessed. What could we possibly need that God hasn’t already provided for us, or has promised to provide for us? And yet, in our ‘Bigger, Better’ economy, we find it so easy to be ungrateful.
The Israelites had it mad too. They may not have been comfortable living in the desert, but they had food every day, clothes and shoes that never wore out, and a leader that had a personal relationship with God. God had just delivered them from bondage in Egypt, and they had just seen miracle after miracle performed by God through Moses. One would think that the Israelites would be the happiest and most joyful people on Earth. The Israelites, however were not happy at all. They were not content with being free in the desert, they would have preferred living in bondage in Egypt over living in the desert. The Manna was not good enough for them, they wanted the rich delicacies that could be found in Egypt. After all God had done for them, they didn’t even like their situation.
When the ungrateful people reached the promised land, they were afraid to enter. After witnessing The plagues cast upon Egypt, and the parting of the Red Sea, they were afraid of the people that lived in the Promised Land. Even though God had protected them from every danger possible, they didn’t trust Him enough to fight for the land He had promised them.
As a result for their ungrateful, and complaining attitudes, the Israelites were driven away from the Promised land, and they wandered through the desert for 40 years. No one from that complaining generation [except Joshua and Caleb, because they had trusted God] entered the Promised Land-Not even Moses. A trip that should have taken them 40 days, took them 40 years. Such was the result of the Israelite’s complaining.
We live in a land of rich and plenty today. It is the least we can do to show a little gratitude in our attitudes. Or would you rather be an Israelite?
