1 Corinthians 10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness.
This verse is a real attention getter. It is referring to those who died in the wilderness between Egyptian bondage and the promised land. It does not say that God was angry with them. It does not say that they had acquired God's wrath. It simply says that God was not well pleased.
God was not well pleased with them simply because they lacked the faith to trust Him. He had promised to lead them into a land flowing with milk and honey. A land of plenty lay before them for the taking but they did not trust God enough to posses their possessions.
God has promised us an abundant life in Jesus Christ but many of us are still wandering in the wilderness, that place between spiritual bondage and the life God would have us to live. I suspect that there are many of us in whom God is not well pleased. How sad that many die in the wilderness without ever truly enjoying the abundant life in Christ that is available by submitting to Him.
This verse is a real attention getter. It is referring to those who died in the wilderness between Egyptian bondage and the promised land. It does not say that God was angry with them. It does not say that they had acquired God's wrath. It simply says that God was not well pleased.
God was not well pleased with them simply because they lacked the faith to trust Him. He had promised to lead them into a land flowing with milk and honey. A land of plenty lay before them for the taking but they did not trust God enough to posses their possessions.
God has promised us an abundant life in Jesus Christ but many of us are still wandering in the wilderness, that place between spiritual bondage and the life God would have us to live. I suspect that there are many of us in whom God is not well pleased. How sad that many die in the wilderness without ever truly enjoying the abundant life in Christ that is available by submitting to Him.
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The trip to the wilderness is long and hard, but the trip back is so short because straight is the way and narrow is the path
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