How to Corrupt Blessings from #God

This is a "how to" message. How to corrupt blessings. Because, dictated by a selfish nature, that is what we do.

The #Bibleverse in Jeremiah 5:7 "How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses".

It happened then. It happens now. We do it possibly unaware we are doing it. For example - when we have excess food, what do we do with it? Do we feed the hungry? When we have excess money what do we do? Feed our desires or use it for Gods work.

Gluttony, hoarding, envy etc. are all signs of misused blessings. Our thought process: "We have ours but we want theirs".

The depth of this problem can be seen in the fact that we don't even know, are not even aware, we do it. We do all the right things, thanking God, going to church, tithing etc. But nonetheless, sometimes subconsciously, sometimes unconsciously and sometime with full intent, we do exactly what Jeremiah said! So in answer to the question of how to corrupt blessings - we don't have to do anything. Just be human. 

The good news is something called awareness. If we become conscious of our own behaviors, become self-aware, we can overcome. Correction is a 2-step process: self-awareness and a desire to change and follow #Jesus and His teachings.