Ingrates

DAILY COUNSEL

INGRATES

11th October 2018

READ: Psalms 106:7-25

“Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?” - John 10:32

People who are not thankful for what they have received often have little restraint when attacking loved ones. “I don’t owe you anything,” they say. The Israelites accused Moses of trying to kill them. They were not grateful to him for delivering them from Egypt.

“They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;” - Psalm 106:21

If you were thankful for the privileges that have come to you through certain people, you would never want your mouth to be used to rain slime, vomitus and faeces on them. In my experience, I find that accusers are often ungrateful people with short memories; they do not understand how God was good to them through certain people. For example, they wanted to stone Jesus (a physical form of accusation) without cause.

The children of Israel forgot how they had suffered as slaves. They forgot the experience of passing through the Red Sea. They forgot how the armies of Pharaoh had drowned in the Red Sea. They forgot how bitter waters had been sweetened by Moses. They forgot the manna that came from Heaven. They forgot about the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. They forgot how much gold they had carried out of Egypt.

And so they complained and accused Moses of numerous unbelievable crimes including, evil intentions, murder and genocide