In Psalm 78, we read verses where Israel tested Elohim three times:
1) Israel wanted meat in the desert:
18 They deliberately tested Elohim by demanding the food they craved.
19 They spoke against Elohim by saying,
“Can El prepare a banquet in the desert?
20 True, he did strike a rock,
and water did gush out,
and the streams did overflow.
But can he also give us bread or provide us, his people, with meat?”
21 When Yahweh heard this, he became furious.
His fire burned against Jacob
and his anger flared up at Israel
22 because they did not believe Elohim
or trust him to save them.
2) Israel forgot the power of the Lord.
41 Again and again they tested Elohim,
and they pushed Qedosh Yisrael to the limit.
42 They did not remember his power—
the day he freed them from their oppressor,
43 when he performed his miraculous signs in Egypt,
his wonders in the fields of Zoan.
3) Israel rebelled against the Lord.
56 They tested Elohim Elyon and rebelled against him.
They did not obey his written instructions.
57 They were disloyal and treacherous like their ancestors.
They were like arrows shot from a defective bow.
58 They made him angry because of their illegal worship sites.
They made him furious because they worshiped idols.
Israel tested the Lord by not trusting in Him. We could think: "Israel didn´t trust in the Lord and the Lord let Israel abandoned to his own fate". However, the Lord became furious (v21, v41, v58). The principle is: "The more is given to Israel, the more is expected (more trust) from him.".
It's good to always meditate on what the Lord has done for me and how I am responding to his love.
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