Seeing is Not Believing Psalm 95:10

10Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:


The children of Israel saw God's mighty hand at work in Egypt and in the Exodus. However, they refused to see God in His potential through faith. They refused to trust Him in the days ahead even though they had experienced His power and provisions in the past. They erred in their heart, David wrote. The Children of Israel wanted to go back to Egypt. They wanted to go back to the bondage of sin that they were used to instead of forging forward in the power and presence of God.

Notice David says, "they saw My work" and then he wrote, "they have not known my ways." There is a difference between seeing God's work and believing God. Remembering the definition of faith, that faith is believing that God is everything He says He is and that He will do everything that He says He will do, God expects us to notice all that He is doing and has done so He can do even more things with us and for us. He wants us to see His mighty hand at work and He wants us to trust Him and walk in obedience to Him so He can continue to bless us.

We are too much like the children of Israel. We err in our hearts much like they did. We see the mighty hand of God and then just a short time later, we are right back in that same ole sin. We fail to "know His ways." To know His ways is to walk with Him in obedience and faith. To know His way is to trust Him because of all the He has already done for us. If we will allow Him to be God in our lives, He will continue to bless our lives and make our lives their absolute best!

Let us commit ourselves to seeing His work and knowing His ways!