Please God

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“Nevertheless, God was not pleased with the great majority of them, for they were overthrown and strewn down along [the ground] in the wilderness.” 1 Corinthians 10v5 (AMP)

Even though the Israelites who came out of Egypt, were baptized unto Moses in the cloud, and ate spiritually and supernaturally given food, and drank of the spiritual Rock which was Christ, God was not pleased with many of them, and many died in the wilderness. 1 Corinthians 10v8-10 (NLT) records some of what happened saying “And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day. Nor should we put Christ to the test, as some of them did and then died from snake-bites. And don’t grumble as some of them did, and then were destroyed by the angel of death.” Beloved, it is very very possible to be a believer and displease God. Indeed the Bible continues saying “These things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who live at the end of the age. If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure” (1 Corinthians 10v11-13, NLT).

Supplementary Text

“Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of His wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? Or have you forgotten that when we were joined with Christ Jesus in baptism, we joined with Him in His death? For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.” Romans 6v1-4 (NLT)

Prayer

Father, we thank You for Your Word which You have given to us. We pray for the grace to please You in every way and under every circumstance in Jesus name, amen.