Devotion: Despising God's Provision

Despising God's Provision

By Marsha Iddings

 

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? (Numbers 14:11)

 

I've been reading through the Bible and came to Numbers 14 and 15 where the Children of Israel complain because of the bad report the spies brought back concerning the Promised Land.

 

They did not think they could go in and take the land. They had forgotten all the miracles God had performed to get them this far. They forgot His provision in the wilderness.

God was provoked by their unbelief and forgetfulness. Why? If we look at Numbers 14:13 we see why. It says, " But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised."

 

We see that when they complained, forgetting God's past provisions, that in God's eyes they were despising what He was giving them.

 

How often have I forgotten God's past provisions, looked to the future with unbelief and have in effect despised His provision by my complaining?

 

This is so convicting to me! Complaining is so easy to do and it is such an offence to God. May we be careful of our attitudes and words, that we would not despise what God has provided!