Category: Being Grateful

Numbers 11:5-6 (NKJV) 5 We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”

God delivered the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and led them into freedom.

They watched as God parted the Red Sea and they walked across, with the ocean being held up on either side of them. And then they witnessed the entire Egyptian army being swallowed up by that very same ocean, as God released the waters and allowed them to fill in that very area where they had just crossed safely.

And as they woke each morning, they saw the ground covered with manna, bread from heaven that had fallen while they slept.

God provided for them in every way conceivable. He fed them. He kept them clothed. And he protected them from the sun and the darkness.

And yet, despite everything that they saw God do, they complained. They grew impatient and demanded that God send them meat, for they were tired of manna.

Wow! God was feeding them every day by His hand. A true miracle. Yet they grew tired of it and became ungrateful.

How about us? Have we become tired of anything that God has done for us? Have we become complacent or unappreciative? Are we complaining about what He has done for us or blessed us with?

Maybe it’s time for us to check ourselves and take inventory of all that God has done. And maybe in doing so we will be reminded of things that we had actually forgotten about or have begun to take for granted.

We might not have everything that we’d like to have. There may still be things that we want. But we should never reach a point of being ungrateful for what we already have. And if we have, let’s repent and ask God to touch our hearts and ask God to forgive us and give us a renewed sense of thankfulness and gratefulness.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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