It has been awhile since I have written. Please forgive me for this. It seems I have been busy in what the Lord would have me to be doing at this point. The Lord knows of it all. The Lord is good and His mercy endureth forever.
We had our first snow of the New Year yesterday. It is so beautiful out. It is not much snow, maybe 2 inches as of right now. We are expected to get another 1 to 2 inches by tomorrow. Then it is supposed to stop and warm up next week, midweek.
The thing of it is, we need to enjoy the snow while it is here. Enjoy the beauty and yes, the blessing of the snow. A lot of people complain about the snow and the rain when we receive a lot of it. Yes, it may cause some problems and some inconveniences but we need the snow and the rain that the Lord blesses us with. Snow, like rain, gives us moisture for our land. Our land needs this moisture to help produce anything that is grown on it. The grass, the trees, the garden, the crops, the animals all are sustained by the water that comes from the snow and rain. We need it to survive as well.
So then why do we complain about it ? In truth we are a people of whining. We do not appreciate what we have. We are not truly thankful for the blessings that the Lord blesses us with. Think on this wise. We are no different then the children of Israel when the Lord led them and provided their needs the 40 years they traveled in the wilderness from Egypt. They complained and always found fault or something wrong in their journey to the promised land. Now think about it. We do the same thing daily.
In our daily life, we are complainers, instead of being gracious acceptors of the blessings God gives us. We complain about the weather, we complain about not having enough time to do things we want to do. We complain about traffic, we complain about anything there is opportunity to complain about.
We live in a world of technology, yet we still complain. Our forefathers and mothers did not have all these modern gadgets that we have and they got along fine and they complained a lot less because they relied upon the Lord to provide for them and thanked the Lord for that provision. In this modern technological age we live in we have gotten away from God and His Word. We think ourselves more educated and better off without the Lord. Well I got news for you. We are lost and on a direct path to hell if we do not keep God in our daily lives and world.
Stop being a complainer and get with God. The Lord Jesus is the sustainer so why be a complainer ? If you have God in your life and a relationship with the Lord as your Saviour then you have all you need. God will supply your true needs. You have to trust in Him and know, believe that He will do what He says He will do in His Word, the Holy Bible.
The children of Israel saw all these miracles that the Lord performed yet they grumbled and complained. For their unfaithfulness to God they were made to wander the wilderness for 40 years and the original ones never saw the promised land. Now think about us and the way we daily complain about what the Lord has blest us with. Are we any different than the children of Israel, who were God's chosen people? The Lord punished them for their groaning's and complaining's against Him. Even Moses did not enter the promised land because he did not hold up God when he should have. We all let God down when we complain about the blessings He blesses us with. Next time before you complain, stop and think about the blessing that you are getting ready to complain about and thank God for it.
You say why should I thank God that I have a flat tire on my car or thank Him for the car trouble I am having? Did you ever think that just maybe the Lord was keeping you where you are a little while longer to prevent you from being in an accident on down the road ? Hmmm!!!
You say why should I thank God for being behind this slow driver who speeds up every time I get to a place where I might have been able to pass them and it keeps me from passing them ? Maybe the Lord knows something you do not and it is being done for your own protection. Don't complain because there is always a reason for what is happening. God knows of what lies ahead of us, we do not. God can see all things, the future, the past, the present and He knows all, we do not and can not. The Lord is protecting us even when we do not realize it. Next time you have car trouble, a flat tire, get behind that slow driver, thank God for it and remember God has a reason for all things and can find the reason in all things, we can not.
Thank the Lord for that snow and rain the next time you start to complain. Yes, we had a horrible ice storm here in Kentucky and the county I live in was the hardest hit. I did not complain about being without electricity for 3 weeks. I thanked God for keeping me and my children and everyone else safe. I thank God for all the people, friends, family, neighbors, strangers, brothers and sisters in Christ who reached out to so many. I thank God for the wake up call of that ice storm as it brought a lot of people to Him in their time of need. There is always a blessing to be found in the midst of something you are complaining about. Look for the blessing amidst the thing you are complaining about and you will find it if you truly seek it with the Lord.
Romans 8:27-28 27) And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
28) And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.| Proverbs 3:5-8 5) Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. |
| 6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
| 7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. |
| 8) It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. |
