GRAVES
OF GREEDINESS: Devotion for Friday July 15, 2016
Text:
Numbers 11:31 – 34
Memory
verse: Numbers 11:34 - So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah,
because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.
In our devotion of yesterday, we saw how God
handled the complaint of Moses by putting His spirit into 70 men who were made
his assessors in the government. Today, we read how God answered to the
complaint of the people by giving them meat to eat. As they were eating the
meat, the anger of God aroused against them. He sent plagues on them which
killed many of them. God may in wrath give men what they desire, to show them
and others the wickedness and folly of wishing to have their own way, and
refusing to be guided and governed by Him. The death of many there as a result
of the plague made Moses to call the place Kibroth Hattaavah, meaning “the
graves of greediness.”
Brethren, it is often better for us when we
accept ‘NO’ from God as we make our requests. A young Christian sister was
looking for job. She heard of job opportunity somewhere and she fasted and
prayed for that particular job. God refused to grant her request. She kept
persisting and God finally let her have her way. The job denied this lady time
for God again. At last she backslid and one day on her way to keep appointment
for the company she died on road accident within 2 years of getting that job.
This is similar in marriage, fruit of the womb, etc. God knows the best for us.
We should always allow Him to have His way.
Food
for Thought:
Romans 1:24, 26
Prayer: Lord, grant me the grace to accept your verdict about my life in Jesus name.
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