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Ah, human
beings. The testimony against us is
really painting quite the fickle portrait.
Yesterday I talked about all of the grumbling that the Hebrew people had
done up until now in the wilderness.
Yet, it continues to be a problem and God knows it. God tells Moses to grab Aaron’s staff, as
well as the staves of all the other tribal leaders, and place them in front of
the presence of the Lord. Aaron’s staff
buds with flowers and almonds, indicating that God has chosen Aaron.
At some
point in this story, you really should ask yourself how much God has to do to
demonstrate His being to the people.
Then, you have to ask yourself how thick headed we are as human beings
not to be able to pick up on what God is doing.
Finally, you should also have to ask yourself how short-sighted we are
so as to not remember and be satisfied with all that God has done for us in our
lives.
Those
questions do drive home quite a valid point.
After all, look at how we leave the Hebrew people in this story. God has done an incredible thing. God has taken a staff, long separated from
its roots, and caused it to blossom and fruit!
How is it that the people respond?
They assume they are doomed. They
wonder how they will ever survive. They
contemplate how they could possible ever live this close to the presence of
God.
Human beings
really are too fickle. Either God is too
distant and working from places where we cannot feel His presence or He is too
close and causing us to change and grow because of His obvious work around
us. We want the benefits of both
positions without the hard work of either.
God can work
in miraculous ways around us. When He
does, how prepared are we to react?
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