Exodus 17:7 The people had complained and tested the Lord by asking, “Is the Lord really with us?” So Moses named that place Massah, which means “testing” and Meribah, which means “complaining.”
Seventeen chapters into the book of Exodus and the Israelites are stilling complaining and doubting God. Wow! Look at all the incredible acts God has done on their behalf and they're still wondering if, "Is God is really with us?"
As I sit here wondering how the Israelites could think like that I am convicted of my own doubting and complaining. Granted I don't have a Pillar of Cloud by Day and a Pillar of Fire by Night always before me, but I have incredible memories just the same.
My biggest problem is doubting whether I am hearing God. When I feel like I'm stuck in a desert I doubt myself whether I truly did hear God in the first place. I wonder if I've made a wrong turn somewhere along the path. I wonder if by being stagnant-stagnant because I want to move and don't see that possibility in the near future-I've missed God's directive.
I love reading the miraculous exploits of the million plus people in Exodus.
God creating dry ground for the Israelites to walk on while the Egyptians got stuck in the mud.
God carving out a path through the Red Sea with "walls" of water on each side. I wonder if it looked like a fish tank while the Israelites walked on by? "There's little Nemo swimming around!"
God turned the Red Sea into cottage cheese! Ex. 15:8
What creativity!
And with all this creativity that God has shown over the years in my own life why do I wonder and doubt?
If God truly wanted me somewhere new He'd get me there. In the mean time I must "be content whatever my situation". Phil 4:12 Thankfully, God promises peace - not always a direct answer to my prayer, but I'll take that over the unknown!
I love that game at arcades where the heads pop out of holes and you must bop them with your soft hammer for them to go down.
Today I'm going to concentrate on "bopping" doubt out of my head!
There's a fabulous song by Brownsville Revival-Look What the Lord Has Done.
My mission today-be focused.
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