They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
The verse belongs to the record of Israel's experience in the wilderness. That wilderness experience serves as a warning for God's people in the last days and as a lesson they need to study regularly and carefully.
It means Israel soon forgot God's works of greatness and power and failed to retain in memory His works and His words of warning. They forgot God their Savior, to whom they belonged by creation and by redemption, despite His mighty acts in Egypt and at the Red Sea and all His wondrous works.
Instead of waiting for His counsel and guidance, they followed their own desires and tested and tempted Him in the wilderness. Had they remembered His wondrous dealings with them, they would not have received reproof. Their forgetfulness led to further rebellion, including craving food, envying Moses and Aaron, and worshiping the golden calf.
The verse shows the necessity of appreciating the goodness, mercy, and love of God. All who claim to be God's children should read it carefully together with Psalms 105 and 107.
The verse belongs to the record of Israel's experience in the wilderness. That wilderness experience serves as a warning for God's people in the last days and as a lesson they need to study regularly and carefully.
It means Israel soon forgot God's works of greatness and power and failed to retain in memory His works and His words of warning. They forgot God their Savior, to whom they belonged by creation and by redemption, despite His mighty acts in Egypt and at the Red Sea and all His wondrous works.
Instead of waiting for His counsel and guidance, they followed their own desires and tested and tempted Him in the wilderness. Had they remembered His wondrous dealings with them, they would not have received reproof. Their forgetfulness led to further rebellion, including craving food, envying Moses and Aaron, and worshiping the golden calf.
The verse shows the necessity of appreciating the goodness, mercy, and love of God. All who claim to be God's children should read it carefully together with Psalms 105 and 107.