Do We Take God For Granted?

 

“Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God…”

—Joel 2:23a

God is always faithful. To understand that reality, we only need to look at Israel. Time and again, in spite of their unfaithfulness and disobedience, God poured out abundant blessing.

Many times, the blessing had to follow a period of discipline during which God’s chosen people had to come to an understanding of where their sinfulness had led them. But, with their confession and repentance, came the forgiveness and blessing of a loving and merciful God.

Please read what the Prophet Joel wrote in Joel 2:23-24:

Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful.

He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before. The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

I wonder if we recognize the faithfulness of the God who loves us? Do we take our bounty for granted?

Let us spend the next few moments in prayer at the beginning of this day, thanking God for His sustaining grace in our lives.

 

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