So Amazing, that no one is happy!

March 5, 2009

Today's Reading: Numbers 11-12 and Proverbs 19

I found this clip of a comedian named Louis CK on Kevin Kelly’s website. You can watch it there, but Louis has some interesting things to say about human nature and technology.

Isn’t it amazing what you can do now that you couldn’t do ten years ago! Remember when only the rich had cellular phones, and internet was all dial up? I still remember having to make a phone call, only to hear the loud screech on the other end.

Now we have high-speed Internet on airplanes! Louis CK talks about how this one guy he was flying with got upset because the wireless Internet went down. Like the world owes something that he only found out ten minutes ago.

Why aren’t we impressed with the fact that we can fly in the first place? Think what it would be like for Moses if they had that?

No, the people in Moses’ day had even greater miracles beyond technology, but what did they do? Complain, of course. If you read the book of Exodus, you will find that Chapter 15 begins with a hymn of praise to the parting of the Red Sea, but ends with them complaining that the water is too bitter.

Hey, be thankful that you even have water, and that you are out of slavery. No wonder why God got frustrated and started raining fire on them by the book of Numbers.

I mean, they were complaining that they were sick of manna. Food that was given by God to help them survive in the desert, and they wanted the free food that they had in Egypt.

As if they could go back to Egypt and be welcomed with open arms! It is amazing how quickly we long for things when they are removed from us. Even more amazing how quickly we completely ignore the blessings that we already have.

Do you realize that if we lived in Moses’ day, we would have to sacrifice animals to get sin forgiven. Before Martin Luther, people actually believed that they needed to pay to get themselves out of Purgatory. Now, we just do a quick confession, and Christ’s blood covers everything.

The age we live in! Not only do we get the best of technology, but the best of Christianity as well. How easy it is to do what we want, and what God wants. Show a little gratitude for that!