I know that I have found myself praising in one moment and turn away in another.
“2The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him.” – Exodus 15:2 (ESV)
“1When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, ‘Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’” – Exodus 32:1 (ESV)
You can see in the above passages that the Israelite people that God delivered out of Egypt were the same as me with their praise and then turning away. When they were rescued from the Egyptians at the Red Sea, they sang praises to Him, and when they were left on their own for a bit, they turned away toward other gods.
When I think about myself, am I really turning away from God? It is not like I consciously say to myself, “look away from God and to another for help”. It is that I simply see that things are going well and forget when things turn difficult, that God is there to help me through it. I find myself working to do it on my own and when I get to the point where I cannot go any further on my own, I act as though God has abandoned me, when he was simply allowing me to go it on my own waiting on me to seek deliverance.
God is worthy of my continued praise, not just when I am experiencing good times. He allows me the opportunity to do my own thing and it is my responsibility to know and remember that all I do is and should be for His glory. When I am able to do that, I will realize the continued salvation He provide and will be able to praise Him always.
Have you found yourself in a situation where you are praising God in one moment and turning away in another? Are you aware that God is always with you? Are you able to go forward with praising the salvation God provides, always?
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