A HEART THAT FALLS AWAY FROM GOD

The believer whose heart strays from God quickly forgets the slavery he experienced when Satan ruled over him.
He sees the world (symbolized by Egypt) in a favorable light, forgetting the price to pay for his deceptive lusts.

« We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna! »(Numbers 11:5-6)

Although fish are so abundant in the Nile that they sell for a low price, the children of Israel ate them by the sweat of their brow.
Cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic are vegetables that have these three characteristics in common:
1. They are picked up directly from the ground, which symbolizes thoughts focused on earthly things. (Read Philippians 3:19)
2. They are watery and unnutritious: the consumption of what the world offers produces only disappointment and emptiness.
3. They give bad breath: When we occupy ourselves with the things of the world, sooner or later it shows in our character.
Let us therefore be careful not to nourish ourselves with readings, films or conversations that are attractive to the flesh but which leave the soul hungry and pollute our spirit by insinuating the “elements of the world”. (Read Colossians 2:8)

Lust not only leads us to desire what we do not have but also to despise what we do have.
Manna, this bread from heaven given by God, was denigrated by the Israelites. For us, it symbolizes Christ presented in the Scriptures.
Has our interest in the Bible declined?
Do we prefer to read what the world offers us in abundance rather than the nourishing word of God?

PRAYER:
Lord our God, grant us power to resist all covetousness.
It is in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ that we pray, Amen.

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