Real Joy

[Ani Tefillah]

40 minutes ago, Starise said:

Manna casserole? Creamed manna? Grilled manna on palm leaves? I see your point there @Dennis1209. I might have liked the chocolate covered manna.

Being a meat and potatoes man myself I can see where the same food for a long time could get a little boring. My prayer might be " Lord this isn't absolutely necessary, but if you could please rain a few slices of cheese and some greens down I would greatly appreciate it.Maybe a chicken wing or two?" 

Recollecting back before this the Israelite had been in bondage for 400 years to the Egyptians. They were slaves treated like cattle. All of the miraculous things that had happened to get them where they were was nothing short of amazing.All of the plagues sent to Egypt that none of them felt, but all of them seen. 

How quickly a sense of entitlement sets in. Who knows? Maybe the manna was a test from God. We tend to take each stage of blessing for granted and then want something else it seems. 

Ecclesiastes 1:7-9

…7All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow. 8All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. 9What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.…

the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

....and apparently the belly is never satisfied either. Men seem to always think MORE will solve the problem.

We drive by some very rich neighborhoods here sometimes. HUGE houses. Three and four car garages. Enough room for four families in one house. You get the picture. What are they doing to some of these houses? Adding on more space to them.

Jeff Bezos CEO of Amazon is building the largest yacht in the world. This yacht is so large he is paying to have a bridge removed temporarily so he can get it from port to the ocean. They now have submarine yachts. These ships are also submarines that can stay under water for extended periods of time.These are private vessels not military.

I believe this goes to show that men are never satisfied. No matter how much money they have. No matter how much you give someone they want more.

I sometimes hear conversations among Christians about what they are up to and it's surprising how much of these conversations are centered around the same kinds of things the world is after. They are doing this and doing that and going here and going there. I am often involved in a home repair project, so you might see me discussing some of that too. My point though is, that if we're going to brag, lets brag about Jesus. The best thing that ever happened to us should be Jesus. If it wasn't, then we are no different from the world.

 

 

Amen and Amen and Amen!!! 

[Sower]

1 hour ago, Dennis1209 said:

There might be an ebb and flow here and there, but the general global trend and outlook are not promising at all. We now have the most incompetent, inept, God-hating, antisemitic government and administration in the history of the United States, in my opinion. From here on out, I don't believe things are going to bode well for the U.S. 

Lest we forget...

"I once was young and now am old,
yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread"
Psalm 37:25

And our God is still on the throne!

[appy]

I don't know if the following has already been broached or not. But.... If we look to people and things to make us happy, then we will find disappointment. For when these things fail, we personally feel let down and wounded. But if we look to Jesus, then we will never be disappointed. He will never let us down.

[Alive]

I think of joy of the Lord like I do the Peace that is available to us In Christ. Both are not the same as the world can give. We can know His provisions in the midst of the worse storm.

Its different. I use another thought to get this across. Happiness is a fleeting state and moving. Contentment is a rock.

My mom once said that happiness is over rated. Not knowing, she hit on something I learned from.