Comfortable With Plenty
Deuteronomy 8:7-11
[7] For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; [8] A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; [9] A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. [10] When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. [11] Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Have you ever had the thought, “If I only had more?” That thought could be born with the greatest of intentions. You could truly want more to be able to give more. However, more isn’t always better. I have no doubt that most of us are truly thankful for all that God has blessed us with. It’s safe to say that each of us have plenty of blessings in our lives. Where has that plenty led us though? Many times God answered Israel’s needs. He would send them manna from heaven, water to drink, He even blessed them to the point that their shoes and clothes didn’t wear out while in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy 8:4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
Through all this we still find them complaining and murmuring against God at times. I believe sometimes our plenty leads us into a comfortable attitude with God. We get comfortable in our blessings, and that leads us to getting comfortable in our worship and fellowship with God. This comfortability we see too often and leads people to get out of church and out of fellowship with Christ. At times even leading people down a path that you wouldn’t even recognize the person they’ve become because they’ve forgotten God.
Proverbs 30:8-9
[8] Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: [9] Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
We should come to the realization that God not only knows what we can handle when it comes to storms, but He also knows what we can handle in our blessings. Have you ever found yourself complaining about something insignificant only to have a storm hit your life? A storm that makes you realize how thankful you should be instead of complaining about something you don’t have or something that didn’t go your way? Ask yourself today if you are too comfortable with where you are, or are you still desiring more of Him?
God bless you today!
Bro. Josh Richardson
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