I am always amazed about God’s majesty and power. But the most aggravating thing about God to me is that he seems to move so SLOW. Many people want to serve God but most only want to do so in an advisory capacity. I think all of us have wanted to give God advice on how to do things, particularly when it comes to our own lives. We always tell ourselves that God is pursuing us, [and he is] but what we keep forgetting is that God wants so desperately for us to pursue him [Heb. 11:6].
As God took care of the Israelites, God takes care of me. He gives me just what I need but not necessarily what I want. The Israelites and I both think they spent way too much time in slavery, but not God. Both the Israelites and I wonder why God did ten plagues when one mighty plague would have got them out sooner. Why did God allow Pharaoh’s sorcerers to hang around and do several of the early plagues themselves rather than just blow them out of the water with one mighty work?
But God the Provider does just enough for us. He gives us our daily bread or manna; he knows what we need, when we need it. More than we do. The Israelites got to see all of the plagues AND the greatest miracle of all time in the crossing of the red sea. OK it may or may not really be the best miracle but it’s the miracle I personally would like to see. The people of Israel saw it all and were apparently so unimpressed that within a month or two they were making a golden calf to worship. But are we any better than they were?
I suppose all God has ever done is impressive for believers and not for unbelievers. God always allows room for doubt. If you choose to not believe him, he will let you do so.
When I look at the miracles God has done in my life, such as my marriage and family, moving to Midland, my friends, my jobs, church, eldership and the people he placed in my life, all of it can be explained away. But I know it was him. The rest of the Old Testament reminds us that the people of Israel kept forgetting God and what he did for them. Let us NOT BE LIKE THEM.
- Tim McGraw
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