No gimmicks, just faith

"Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God. And you murmured in your tents and said, "Because the Lord hated us he has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. (Deuteronomy 1:26, 27 ESV)

The human factor is this passage is very endearing and convicting at the same time.   At this point, the Israelites had countless encounters with God, yet still, even after many years of God sustaining them in the desert, they questioned His motives.  How often do we find ourselves in similar situations?  We have a lifetime of experiences to tell us that God loves us and cares for us.  That He has plans to prosper us and not to harm us.  Yet at the first signs of adversity, we are quick to point the finger and say that His plan all along was to bring us into destruction.  These are the moments that we need to reflect on who God is in our lives, what He has done in the past, what He is doing now, and what He wants to do in our future.  God is unchanging, His faithfulness never wains.  When we feel doubt and uncertainty, that is the time to believe even more and step out in faith.  It's not easy, but that is how we walk with Him.  No gimmicks, just faith.