Turn Our Back On His Mercies…

People blame God for all types of reasons, but it’s mainly because of this: when we worship false gods (choose other things over God) we turn our backs on all of God’s mercies. Any time we try to replace God with anything, we no longer get to experience His blessings. Sure they are still there, but we don’t appreciate them. It’s like we lose the ability to be grateful. We fail to see all the things He protects us from. We forget all that He holds back from us for our own good. We, in essence, turn our back on His mercies, and thus self-inflict the inability to handle situations in the right manner (at least view them from the proper perspective). In doing so, we blame God for what we have done to ourselves. C.S. Lewis said, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." We can’t serve two masters. We either serve God, or serve something else. When we choose the latter, we turn our backs on God’s mercies, then wonder why things are happening the way they are.

8 Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.9 But I will offer sacrifices to You with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.” Jonah 2:8-9