Psalms 106:24 says, Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: After God had given the people of Israej a pleasant land, they despised it and did not believe His word. When God blesses us with something good, we cannot afford to despise it and not believe in His word because we want more or something different. Verse twenty-five adds, But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. We, as followers of Christ, often murmur about life and fail to listen to God's voice. Verse twenty-six states, Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: God did not let them continue to complain and not listen without consequences. They were still His chosen people, but they lost some of the benefits of being so. As Christians, we are forever God's people, but if we fail to listen to Him and murmur against Him, we may suffer consequences from our lack of faith or obedience. Verse twenty-seven adds, To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. The people of Isreal were scattered into other nations after they were defeated militarily. They were not successful by their own power, but by the power of God. We as followers of Christ are not successful by our own power, but by the power of God. Verse twenty-eight declares, They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. The people of Israel worshipped other gods and participated in their religious practices. We cannot allow anything to become a source of worship today other than Jesus Christ. Verse twenty-nine adds, Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. Because of their inventions of other gods, a plague broke out on the people of Israel. Verse thirty says, Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. Phinehas stood up and executed the judgment of God, and the plague was stayed. We need to be like Phinehas today and stand up against anything that is contrary to God's word. Verse thirty-one continues, And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. When Phinehas took a stand for God, it was counted for righteousness to him forevermore. When we put our faith in Jesus Christ it is counted as righteousness to us forevermore, and we should always stand for Him. Verse thirty-two states, They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: The murmuring of the people caused Moses to act in anger and this led to him being denied entrance into the promised land. We cannot allow the actions of others to cause us to act in ways that would not be in accordance with God's will, even though if we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord we will always be granted access to rhe promised land, or heaven, itself. Verse thirty-three adds, Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. When Moses' spirit was provoked, he spoke unadvisedly, which is why we are told to always control our tongue. Verse thirty-four says, They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: The people of Isreal did not destroy the people in the land who worshipped other gods as God had instructed them to do. When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we must destroy all other idols in our life. Verse thirty-five adds, But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. Instead of destroying the people in the land that God gave them, the people of Israel intermingled with them and learned their ways. We cannot intermingle our relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ with any other religious practices. Verse thirty-six continues, And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. The people of Israel, God's chosen people, worshipped idols and it was a snare to them, as it will be for us as Christians today if we allow it to happen. Verse thirty-seven states, Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, The people of Israel even got so far away from God's teachings that they sacrificed their sons and daughters to devils. Today, many people sacrifice their unborn sons and daughters to the God of pleasure or self desires, and claim that it is not against God's law, but they will one day find out how wrong they are. Verse thirty-eight adds, And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. We pollute the land today when we sacrifice our sons and daughters, even the unborn ones, to any god.
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