This blog post is based off of Exodus 14:1-31 from the "New Women's Devotional Bible".
How many times have we grumbled to God when He has saved us from something or taken us down a better, more healthier track? The Israelites were complaining so soon after God saved them from their slave-lives. They were griping about the conditions of their travel, the fact that they weren't being fed different food, and other reasons. They forgot so easily what the conditions were that they were saved from.
I'm not sure if the same thing happened with the Pilgrims. But they arrived on American soil and immediately got sick and a lot of them began to die from illnesses. I wonder if they began to wish they were back home, in religious persecution, but in a "comfortable" lifestyle.
Sometimes we easily forget the situation that God has pulled us out of. Sometimes we may not even know what God has protected us from, but we fail to thank Him for each and every day.
Many of us have a mini, or maybe a major, "out of bondage" story. There was a time in our lives where we can look back and see how God saved us. We may look back from time to time, but instead we should be praising God for protection.
God will always provide. He saves and then makes sure we are settled and safe in our situation. Even though the Israelites complained, He gave them manna and quail to eat. He wanted to make sure they were safe and settled in their new surroundings and He wants to do the same for us today.
"You will come to know that what appears today to be a sacrifice will prove instead to be the greatest investment that you will ever make." Gorden B. Hinkley
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