Sometimes we see the side of God that loses patience with humans as we continue to test Him and his provision. In Numbers 11, the people start complaining that they are bored with their usual food - perhaps an analogy of people being bored with the day-to-day life of the church? God responds by saying that he will provide meat for a whole month so that they get sick of it. I guess we easily crave what we see in some other churches but we usually want the good without the work. Which churches can see the miraculous without a large amount of continuous prayer? If we want that, we simply have to continue to press in and not simply moan to God about how other people have it better.
Mark 14 has this interesting passage that reminds us it is possible to be religious, even if we are Christians and don't consider ourselves "religious". What the disciples complained about with the perfume was quite fair and certainly true but in fact the point was that God has a plan that doesn't involve being a slave to some recipe or list of rules but a relationship where each decision is guided by Him.
Psalm 51 has a fascinating statement that is, at the end of the day, the truth with regards to sin "Against you, and you alone, have I sinned". We are quick to apologise to people but most of what we do wrong is against God and it is Him we need to apologise to. "For I was born a sinner..but you require honesty from the womb"
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