The scariest thing God can do is give you exactly what you demanded without consulting Him first — be careful what you wish for fr
image
Israel speedran every way to fumble the bag and God STILL kept showing up because His covenant love is actually undefeated
Moses stood in the breach between a holy God and guilty people — lowkey one of the hardest leadership moments in all of Scripture
Sin never stays small — it starts with short memory energy and ends with people sacrificing what's most sacred to things that aren't even real
This whole psalm is basically a confession that says 'we are the problem, God is not' — the most honest prayer you can pray
📢 Chapter 106 — When God's People Keep Fumbling the Bag 🔁
This is a brutally honest highlight reel of greatest L's. Every rebellion, every time they forgot what God did, every they chased — it's all here. No sugarcoating.
But the whole point isn't to roast . It's to show that even when God's people are at their absolute worst, His never stops coming through. This is a confession psalm. The psalmist is saying: "We are the problem. God is not."
Praise the Lord for Real 🙌
The psalm opens with the only reasonable response to who God is — :
"Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD because He is good — His steadfast love endures forever! Who could even begin to describe all His mighty deeds? Who could possibly give Him enough praise? Blessed are the ones who pursue justice and do what's right — not just sometimes, but always."
Then the psalmist gets personal:
"Remember me, LORD, when You bless Your people. Include me when You save them — I want to see Your chosen ones thrive, celebrate with Your nation, and be proud alongside the people who are Yours."
This isn't a vague "good vibes" . It's someone who wants in on what God is doing — who knows the only good life is the one tied to God's people. ✨
The Confession Begins 😬
Here the tone shifts. The psalmist doesn't point fingers at other people. He starts with "we":
"We have sinned — just like our ancestors. We've done wrong. We've been wicked. Our ancestors were in Egypt, watching God do Miracles left and right, and they STILL didn't get it. They didn't remember how deep His love went. They rebelled right at the edge of the Red Sea."
Think about that. They had just witnessed God's power in the . And the moment things got scary, they panicked.
"But God saved them anyway — for His name's sake — to show the world what He could do. He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up. He walked them through the deep like it was a desert trail. He rescued them from their enemies and drowned every single one of their oppressors. Not one was left."
"THEN they believed. Then they sang His praise."
They only believed after they saw the receipts. God still showed up. That's not a flex on — that's a flex on . 💯
Short Memory Energy 🧠
This section is painfully relatable:
"But they forgot. Fast. They didn't wait for God's plan — they just started demanding what they wanted. They craved stuff in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert."
"So God gave them exactly what they asked for — but sent a wasting disease along with it."
Sometimes the scariest thing God can do is give you what you want. They wanted what they wanted more than they wanted God's guidance. And it cost them. Be careful what you demand when you haven't consulted the One who actually knows what's good for you. ⚠️
Jealousy Gets Dealt With ⚡
The drama continued — this time aimed at the leadership:
"Some men in the camp got jealous of Moses and Aaron, the LORD's holy one. So the earth literally opened up and swallowed Dathan, and buried the company of Abiram. Fire broke out and burned up the wicked."
God does not play when it comes to people trying to undermine the leaders He appointed out of jealousy. This wasn't a debate — it was a direct challenge to God's authority. And the ground itself responded.
The Golden Calf — The Ultimate L 🐄
This is the one. The moment that lives in infamy:
"They made a golden calf at Horeb and bowed down to a metal statue. They traded the glory of the living God for an image of a cow that eats grass."
Let that sink in. They had seen God split the sea, send bread from , and lead them with a pillar of . And they swapped all of that for a statue of livestock. That's not just an L — that's a catastrophic fumble.
"They forgot God — their Savior — who had done incredible things in Egypt, wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrifying deeds at the Red Sea. So God said He would destroy them."
"But Moses, His chosen one, stood in the breach. He stepped between God's wrath and the people and turned it away."
here is one of the most powerful moments in . One man standing in the gap between a holy God and a guilty nation. That's what real leadership looks like. 🪨
Refusing the Blessing 🚫
After everything God had done to bring them to the , they looked at it and said "nah":
"They despised the pleasant land. They had no Faith in His promise. They sat in their tents complaining and refused to listen to the LORD."
"So God raised His hand and swore that He would make them fall in the wilderness — and scatter their descendants among the nations."
They were literally on the doorstep of everything God had promised. And they chose fear over faith. The was right there.
Baal of Peor — Rock Bottom 💀
Things got even darker:
"They attached themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate Sacrifices offered to the dead. They provoked the LORD to anger with what they did, and a plague broke out among them."
"Then Phinehas stood up and intervened — and the plague stopped. And that act was credited to him as Righteousness from generation to generation, forever."
While the nation was spiraling, one person stood up and did something about it. didn't wait for someone else to act. His decisive stand stopped a plague. Sometimes one person's is the difference between and mercy.
Moses Takes the Hit 😔
This one's heavy:
"They made God angry at the waters of Meribah, and it went badly for Moses because of them. They made his spirit so bitter that he spoke rashly."
— the most faithful leader ever had — lost his chance to enter the because the people pushed him past his limit. Their rebellion had consequences that touched even the best among them. 💔
Compromise After Compromise 🕳️
The pattern of disobedience kept escalating:
"They didn't destroy the peoples God commanded them to. Instead, they mixed with the nations and learned to do what they did. They served their Idols, which became a trap."
Then the psalm gets to the darkest part — and it should feel heavy, because it is:
"They sacrificed their own sons and daughters to Demons. They poured out innocent blood — the blood of their children — sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was polluted with blood. They made themselves unclean by their actions and were unfaithful in everything they did."
There's no slang for this. No punchline. This is what happens when people drift so far from God that they lose sight of what's sacred. The very children God gave them became to false gods. doesn't stay small. It escalates.
Judgment — and Mercy That Won't Quit 🫶
"The LORD's anger burned against His people, and He was disgusted with His own inheritance. He handed them over to the nations. Their enemies ruled over them, oppressed them, and crushed them under their power."
"Many times He delivered them. But they kept rebelling on purpose and sank lower and lower because of their sin."
Here's the line that makes this whole psalm worth it:
"But even then — He saw their distress. He heard their cry. For their sake, He remembered His Covenant. He relented because of the sheer abundance of His steadfast love. He even made their captors show them compassion."
Many times delivered. Many times rebellious. And STILL God heard them. That's not a God who gives up on people. That's a God whose love is genuinely relentless — not because they deserved it, but because He is who He says He is. 🫶
The Final Prayer 🙏
The psalm closes with a desperate, beautiful plea:
"Save us, LORD our God! Gather us from among the nations so we can give thanks to Your holy name and find our glory in praising You."
"Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say — Amen! Praise the LORD!"
After forty-eight verses of confession, failure, and undeserved — the only right response is . Not because we finally got it together. But because He never stopped being good. No cap. 💯