Today's scripture: 1 Corinthians 10:1-5
What’s that old saying? Those who do not learn from history are doomed to
repeat it (something like that). It’s true for us Christians as well.
We are so tremendously blessed. Tremendously blessed. We have been blessed with
provision and protection. Our needs are met. We are blessed with friends and
family. Most of all, we are blessed by God’s grace, both at the moment of our
salvation and then throughout our lives.
God’s chosen people were equally blessed. They were supernaturally released
from slavery in Egypt. They were miraculously brought through the Red Sea. They
were given food and water in the middle of the desert. They were promised a
land flowing with milk and honey.
They were tremendously blessed.
Yet, they doubted. They whined. They complained. They built false idols. They
promised to serve God, and yet they turned away time and time again. And
because of their sin and lack of faith, an entire generation didn’t enter that
promised land.
Have we learned from their mistakes?
Or do we forget how God has blessed us and try to do things our own way? Do we
build our own idols? Do we look to the world for gratification?
We can learn from history. We can do things differently than those who came
before us.
Or we can be doomed to repeat their mistakes.
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