Can you survive God’s blessings?
Can You Survive God’s Blessings? {Face2Face: Week 6}
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A precious friend asked this question the other day and my mind’s been working overtime since. I had been sharing recent frustrations around post Harvey clean-up and rebuild. See if this sounds more like whining and complaining:
The construction on the rebuild was not going fast enough.
Trying to locate flooring was time consuming.
Insurance was too tedious.
Shoes I wanted to wear floated away.
The list goes on and on…
Shameful isn’t it?
Thankfully God has a way of giving some perspective in my ugly moments.
On a morning walk, I bumped into a fellow displaced neighbor. Conversation began as it normally does now in our community, “Where are you in the rebuild?”
Without a second thought, I shared the progress we were making in the 7 weeks since Harvey made landfall. With each update, my neighbor’s sweet face fell a little more since she had not begun any of the rebuild and was still in the insurance process.
People had mentioned survivor’s guilt to me, because their homes didn’t flood. Now I was experiencing rebuilder’s guilt. Guilt nudging me to vow a new attitude of thankfulness.
That was short lived….
Cleaning our flooded home of sheetrock debris and flood water residue seemed a great idea while shopping at Lowe’s for masks and cleaning supplies, but actually standing in our home of yuckiness soured our family’s mood quickly. Snippy words and bad attitudes were not in short supply. The more we scrubbed the floor, the dirtier it looked – so in frustration we called it a day.
Having shared all this with my friend, she asked this thought provoking question, “Can we survive God’s blessings?”
Great question.
Can we live a life content and thankful for each blessing God provides and still hold onto this same contentedness and thankfulness if He chooses to remove blessings? Or do our expectations change as we become comfortable and demanding in the blessings such that resentment sets in when we aren’t receiving what we want or think we deserve?
I was doing a lousy job in the contentment area, but this question provided a much needed reality check. A reminder to appreciate all the ways God has faithfully provided since Harvey entered our lives – all in His perfect timing.
So here is a question for you…
Can you survive God’s blessings?
Face2Face
- Read the following scriptures:
- Nehemiah 9:26
- Rev. 2:23
- Numbers 25: 1-9
- What do these scriptures reveal about the heart?
- What motives are given for the actions in these verses?
- Read Isaiah 9: 9-17
- Who is to blame for failure in repenting?
- What is the Lord going to do about this?
- List 4 sins God judges in the following verses from Isaiah:
- 9: 9-10
- 9: 13-21
- 10: 1-2
- What warnings are here for us today?
Feeling ambitious?
- Read the following passages and record everything you learn about the remnant.
- 2 Chron. 30:6
- Isa. 11:11-16
- Jeremiah 23:3
- Jeremiah 31:7
- Jeremiah 40:11
- Jeremiah 42:1 – 22
- Micah 2:12
- Micah 5: 7-9