Topic: Ingratitude As Poverty
"Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow" (Psalm 78:56, 57).
Please Read: Psalm 78:54-62
A grateful heart is rich in praise for he remembers at all times, He who is the Giver of all good gifts. The unthankful is not so. He cries to God for help in trouble, and if there is a little delay, he forgets past providence, turns around and bites the hand that fed him. His ingratitude is evidence of great spiritual poverty. This picture aptly depicts the unfaithful and repeated attitude of the nation of Israel in their chequered history and relationship with God.
The psalmist, in the passage under consideration, recollects the impending judgment of God upon Israel for relapsing yet again into sin after God had dealt kindly with them in many ways and at various instances since they left Egypt. The problem of Israel was their serial disobedience to God's word by refusing to separate from the idolatrous people of the land. They chose the children of Canaan in marriage, were attracted to their heathen festivals and ways of life and longed after their abominations. The believer who hopes to see the Lord must not walk in the way of sinners. He must separate from the world and its allurement and cling to Christ only.
He must take his stand against inordinate earthly pursuits and unmitigated ease of life which make many to trust in themselves and neglect God and His service, thereby increasing their exposure to sin and the hardening of the hearts. For a Christian to go back to living in sin after all that Christ had done at Calvary is the most despicable form of ingratitude. It exposes a culprit to a most fearful retribution.
Thought for the day: Ingratitude to God is the mother of unfaithfulness.
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