Sunday, August 10, 2014

2 Kings 12-14

(August 10, 2014)
                It is human nature to be greedy, and to want more than we should.  But our efforts to overcome this element of our nature can at times conflict with the blessings the Lord offers us.  On the one hand, it is greedy and unthankful to demand certain blessings from the Lord.  On the other hand, it is likewise prideful and unthankful to not accept the full measure of blessings offered by the Lord.  If we demand what the Lord does not offer, we offend Him.  If, on the other hand, He offers us something we likewise offend Him not to take advantage to the fullest extent our mortal capacity allows us to.  His blessings for us will not run out, because we receive too much.  When the Lord gives us arrows to beat the ground, may we beat and beat until the arrows are broken and the ground has become a hole.

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