Today's readings are Numbers 1.1-23 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Numbers+11.1-23 ), Numbers 11.31-35 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Num.+11.31-35 ), and Luke 17.1-19 ( http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Luke+17.1-19 ).
In Numbers 11 we see the discontent of God's delivered people. So often we focus just on the complaints about manna, but there are more complaints than just the complaint about manna. The cycle continues. God delivers his people from slavery and their own destruction. The people express their discontent with what God has done. God rebukes the people, giving them the righteous reward for their complaining attitude. The people show some level of regret and then complain some more.
How like us! We who are partakers of God's riches in Christ often look to the alleged blessedness that we could find elsewhere. We complain, we connive, we strive, we play politics, we want security and influence in this world.
Rather let us look to Jesus Christ, the Lord who has become our righteousness and who is himself the bread of life. Let us look to him in faith and hope, not regarding the enticements of this world which clamor for our attention.
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