[Biblemat] A) QUICK FIX

[J5827Sasser at wmconnect.com]

Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Friday morn-
ing to each and everyone.  May God bless you and yours.  Here is
an article from my files:

QUICK FIX

     Some people pray only after a catastrophe.  This "quick
fix" mentality sees God mainly as a problem solver.  When
solutions come, God may or may not be thanked.  After that,
He is more or less forgotten until the next crisis.

     Psa. 106 contains a serious warning against dismissing
God from our lives -- as if that were possible.

     Israel had a tendency to take the Lord's mercies for grant-
ed.  God called this action "rebellion" (vs. 7).  The Psalmist
then talks about what happened after God had done such 
wonderful things for them (parting of the Red Sea, defeating
their enemies, etc.).

     "They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His
counsel, But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested
God in the desert.  And He gave them their request, But sent
leanness into their soul) (Psa. 106:13-15).

     They ended up with malnourished souls because they chose to ignore Him.  
What a lesson for us!

     We should anticipate great things from God, but don't ex-
pect Him to just be there when you are having a difficult time.
Instead, we should be the ones who are eager to fulfill His Will.

     God is not one that we simply dismiss when our needs are
met, like a slave.  He is NOT there to serve us.  Rather we are
here to serve Him.  Let us cling to Him as if our lives depend-
ed on it because, in fact, they do!   ---- Shane Williams in The
Lilbourn Light, Vol. 8, No. 11, March 2008.   </HTML>
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