Psalms 106:13

Psalms 106:13 says, They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:  Even though God delivered the people of Israel from Egypt with a lot of riches, they soon forget what He had done for them.  We as followers of Christ who are made spiritually rich by God must never forget that fact.  Verse fourteen adds, But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.  The people lustted after more than God was providing them with, and we may too often do the same thing.  They tempted God's patience, and so will we if we lust after the things ofvthe world and are not satisfied with His provision for us.  Verse fifteen continues, And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.  God gave them what they wanted physically, but that lead to a leanness of the soul.  God may bless us with material things because of our lust for them, but this may also bring a leanness to our soul.  Verse sixteen states, They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.  The rest of the people became envious of Moses and Aaron, God's chosen leader and spokesman.  We cannot afford to become envious of those who are called to be God's ministers today, nor of anyone else in some position within the church.  Verse seventeen adds, The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.  This was a reminder of what happened in the past to those who attempted to take over the government God had put in place.  The earth swallowed them up.  Verse eighteen continues, And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.  Those that followed them in their rebellion were consumed by fire. We need to realize that as followers of Christ there are still consequences if we start to chase after the things of this world instead of being content to follow God.  We do not lose our salvation, but all our works may be burned up when God's judgment comes.  Verse nineteen declares, They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.  The people of Israel, God's chosen people, made a golden calf to worship.  We cannot allow anything to become something that we worship more than God.  Verse twenty adds, Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.  When the people of Israel worshipped the golden calf, they changed themselves from people living under the glory of God to nothing more spiritually than an ox themselves.  Verse twenty-one continues, They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;  God was their Savior Who had done great things in Egypt to secure their freedom, and they forgot Him.  As followers of Christ, we cannot forget our Savior and the great work that God did to enable us to be freed from the power of sin.  Verse twenty-two concludes, Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea.  Once more, the people of Israel were reminded of what God did for them when bringing them out of Egypt.  We should always remember and share with others what God has done for us by providing us with the free gift of salvation, if we should choose to accept it.  Verse twenty-three states, Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.  God determined to destroy them all, but Moses stood in the breach to earnestly pray to God that He wouldn't, and the people were saved from God's immediate destruction.  We need to be willing to stand in the gap before God today and pray that He does not destroy all the lost people of the world.  This is what is going to happen when Christ returns, and I believe that we too often are wanting this more than we want them to come to Christ for salvation.