“You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst. Forty years you sustained them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. “And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan. You multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess. So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness. “Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies.”

Nehemiah 9:20-26 ESV

http://bible.com/59/neh.9.20-26.esv

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This stands out because Nehemiah says, “You gave your good Spirit to instruct them.” Israel, like the rest of us, has been given much, but didn’t appreciate that God gave it to them. Instead of being grateful, they worshipped the created instead of the Creator. It’s even easier to worship the created now or ourselves. God wants to guide us in His purpose, but He will not let us continue harming ourselves. Please pray that we and our friends seek God first today and be grateful for His instruction. Please pray for Gary Adam’s recovery.