Are you a doubter? Do you trust God, or do you question God? The Israelites found it hard to trust God—and Moses. Even after ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea, they doubted God.
When God sent spies into the Promised Land, they reported it was a land flowing with milk and honey, but the people were too strong; “we can’t possibly win.” The whole nation wept and said, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt!” God was angry:
“How long will these people not trust in Me despite all the signs I performed among them? I will strike them with a plague and destroy them.” Numbers 14:11-12.
Israel Doubted God dozens of times; here are five:
- At the Red Sea.
- When they made the golden calf.
- After the spies said the men in the Promised Land were so tall “we were as grasshoppers.”
- Korah and 250 others told Moses “you have gone too far; what makes you special?” God destroyed those men when the earth opened up and swallowed them.
- But the people blamed Moses for those deaths! God then sent a plague and killed 14,700 of the doubters.
Are you a doubter? Do you trust God or do you attack Him with questions that come from a heart of rebellion? That is the key—the state of your heart. We must strive to have obedient, grateful hearts, hearts that recognize God’s goodness and blessings, that are not fighting Him and accusing Him of not being good and kind and loving. Can you submit to God no matter how much it hurts? Do you trust Him with questions you cannot answer? Or do you secretly think He’s holding out on you?
In Job 13:15, Job says of God, “THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I PRAISE HIM.” Can you say that?
Dear God, give us hearts that trust you! Show us where we need to surrender our opinions and attitudes to you, and fill us with your truth. Help us to submit ourselves to the authority of your word!
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