DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- TIRED OF GOD

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – TIRED OF GOD

"O My people, what have I done to you?  And how have I wearied you?  Testify against Me."  (Micah 6:3)

I don't know about you, but I get tired of some things.  I get tired of people complaining. I get tired of dieting.  I get tired of the rut of doing the same old same old day after day.  I get tired of pain in my body.  As the old saying goes, "I get sick and tired of being sick and tired."

God's people, the Israelites, were tired of God. The word, "weary," has the connotations of being tired, impatient, grieved, offended and disgruntled.   Micah does not expand on what made them weary with God.  Perhaps it was the laws they had to keep that made them disgruntled.  Perhaps they were grieved because God allowed them to experience captivity. Perhaps they were impatient because God did not answer their prayers as quickly as they wanted.   Perhaps they were tired of the requirements that God demanded for true worship.  Whatever it was, they were weary of serving God.

God reminded them of the great things He had done for them, like delivering them from Egypt, or how He had frustrated the ambitions of Balak, King of Moab, when Balak wanted Balaam to curse Israel (vss. 4-5).  

If we ever get tired of serving the Lord, we need to remember the great things God has done for us.  He saved us and delivered us from the bondage of sin and its penalty.  He gave us new life and purpose for living, plus the promise of eternal life.  And who knows how many times God has provided for our needs when we didn't even know it.

Serving the Lord is not a drudgery.  It is a joy.  May we never get weary of serving Him.

Love, Dad