�So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger�� Deuteronomy 8:3
Remember our statement about discontentment: it is having what we do not want or wanting what we do not have.
I love Deuteronomy 8. It is so rich with history, truth, reminders and challenges. I specifically selected our verse today because it beautifully illustrates how God creates needs in our lives. In our verse, we see that God humbled the Israelites and ALLOWED them to hunger. Let that sink in a minute. He actually allowed them to hunger. Why? I believe he created that need in their lives so that they would trust Him to fulfill it. God does not create a need in our life that He is not already the answer to.
The problem is that when we have an area of lack or want in our life we tend to look for every possible solution other than God. We grumble and complain. We run hither and yon looking for someone or something to fill the void.
Discontentment can arise between the time God creates the need in our life, and the time we go to Him to fill it. Too often when we are discontent we lack joy in our lives. Discontentment can cause our joy to drain away.
Do you realize we can be content in the most difficult of circumstances? We can have joy in the midst of trial? �My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.� (James 1:2-4).
Let me close with the remainder of our days verse from Deuteronomy 8:3-5, �So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. You shall know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.�
What is God allowing in your life today that He wants to be the answer to?
Diane
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