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44 “We wish that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots…”

 Exodus 16:3

How foolish we are when we desire the things of this life, rather than the freedom we experience in Christ. We are yet earthbound and full of desire that takes us away from the Lord our God and binds us in chains to the desires of this life. O that we could break free from the bonds of sin and enjoy the life of liberty in our Lord Jesus Christ!

 The people of God had their eyes on the luxuries of this life and not on the liberty they had so graciously received from the hand of God. They were wholly earthbound and full of the desire for the flesh and not for the presence of the Lord who had brought them out of slavery. So we also may desire the paltry things of this life and not the blessings we receive at the hand of our Saviour.

 We can become clouded with the desires of the flesh and not on the desires of the Spirit. We see our need as wholly earthbound and not linked with the glory of our God. We seek bodily peace and not the peace of God that passes all understanding. We trade the ways of this life for the ways of God. Let us take up the call to holiness and to put away the desires of the flesh and come to God. Let us not insult our God by thinking that He will not provide for us and give us wholly of His mercy and grace. We deserve neither grace nor mercy and yet it is offered to us. May we be wise in accepting it and putting to death the things that we crave.

“My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus”

Philippians 4:19