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Israel “He gave them their own desire; they were not estranged from their lust” – Psalm 78:29-30 & Numbers 11. |
Israel came to learn this awful procurement in the wrath of God, by the multitudes, when God herein executed it upon them. He deceived them and killed them – and “there they buried the people that lusted” (Num. 11:34). What was their lust? They were utterly taken in their iniquity and, like Balaam, they hastily made their complaint a prayer request to God: “Give us flesh that we may eat” (Num. 11:13). “They tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust” (Ps. 78:18), and that which they requested to God, the Omni-righteous, He did not withhold from them. He answered their prayer so as to give them what they asked for, and He gave them over to their sins, and again - it was by the deception of answered prayers. They thought they were still in His favor because He had answered their prayer request, but lo, He answered it so that He could slay them in His wrath. They fell into “The Deception of God.” Yea, “while their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel” (Ps. 78:30-31). “He called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah”, which means graves of lust (Num. 11:34). Do you trust God to answer your prayers? What about when you pray for your evil lusts? The answered prayers appear to be the smile of God upon you, and behold, before you have time to repent, you suddenly fall down dead.
This Israelite casualty in the wilderness was repeated again. God desired that they would learn to fear Him, to obey Him, to avoid the deceptions of God, but sadly, the rebellion exhibited here will be held fast, stiffnecked, until God brings upon Israel the same judgment over again. So it is written again, He “gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust” (Ps. 81:12), only this time it would be in the midst of Canaanite cities, nations, armies, and kings, when before it was in the desert’s hot elements which melted their convictions into the madness of covetous rebellion. What is your wilderness trial? What is your Canaanite battle with terrifying giants? Below in Psalm 81:10-16, read how the humility which was learned in the wilderness should have been a guiding example for subsequent generations to take heed to, that they would trust only in the Lord and avoid the same error, but like unto those that perished in the hot and deserted wilderness, even so, Israel perished in the hot and breathtaking trials of the Promised Land – again, procuring “The Deception of God”.
This Israelite casualty in the wilderness was repeated again. God desired that they would learn to fear Him, to obey Him, to avoid the deceptions of God, but sadly, the rebellion exhibited here will be held fast, stiffnecked, until God brings upon Israel the same judgment over again. So it is written again, He “gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust” (Ps. 81:12), only this time it would be in the midst of Canaanite cities, nations, armies, and kings, when before it was in the desert’s hot elements which melted their convictions into the madness of covetous rebellion. What is your wilderness trial? What is your Canaanite battle with terrifying giants? Below in Psalm 81:10-16, read how the humility which was learned in the wilderness should have been a guiding example for subsequent generations to take heed to, that they would trust only in the Lord and avoid the same error, but like unto those that perished in the hot and deserted wilderness, even so, Israel perished in the hot and breathtaking trials of the Promised Land – again, procuring “The Deception of God”.
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“I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of Me. So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. Oh that my people had hearkened unto Me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee” (Psalm 81:10-16).
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