At the time
when we need something from God we seem to be too close and we devote ourselves
to pray and serve God but it is very unfortunate that after receiving a
blessing from the Lord we tend to forget God.
There are
things that we have received from God by His divine will and there are things that
we have received by asking as the bible says that ask and you shall be given, seek
and you shall find, knock and the door shall be opened to you, (Mat 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek,
and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Mat 7:8 For every one that
asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened.)
Some of us were given natural beauty, created handsome,
gifted, and anointed but all these have turned to be a way of disobeying God. The
beautiful and handsome ones have used their beauty to promote immorality and
wronged the Lord. The gifted have used their gift to develop pride and
disloyalty.
Others have received the things they asked from God and all
have just turned worse with them. Blessed with money and the money has become an
idol, jobs and the jobs have taken all-time for seeking God, family and the
family has limited the time for seeking God.
I want us to take a look in the bible for a few examples
of the people whom God helped and blessed and later forgot the Lord.
In the book of 1Kings 11:1-4 we see king Solomon whom God
had blessed and given wisdom that no one under the sun could compare to but
this man misused the wisdom and Kingdom and instead of walking with the Lord
like his father David, he ended up marrying many strange women who later turned
his heart from the Lord to other gods. He even stopped enquiring of the Lord
and enquired from the gods.
(1Ki 11:1 But king Solomon
loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the
Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
1Ki 11:2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD
said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go into them, neither shall
they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto
these in love.
1Ki 11:3 And he had seven hundred
wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his
heart.
1Ki 11:4 For it came to pass,
when Solomon was old, that
his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect
with the LORD his God, as was
the heart of David his father.)
Jesu healed some ten lepers but only one out of ten was able
to returned to give thanks to the Lord. So where were the rest nine? (Luk 17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to
Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Luk 17:12 And as he entered
into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood
afar off:
Luk 17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luk 17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came
to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luk 17:15 And one of them,
when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified
God,
Luk 17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
Luk 17:17 And Jesus answering
said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where
are the nine?
Luk 17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God,
save this stranger.
Luk 17:19 And he said unto
him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee
whole. )
It is a time to thank God and ask Him to help us not to
forget Him even after receiving from Him.
Prayer: Father in
Jesus name I pray that you help me to remain steadfast in seeking you and
serving you regardless of what I am or have received from you. Oh Lord help to
use what I have to glorify your name in every state of my life.
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