“Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.” – 1 Samuel 2v17
I think we all, at one time or another, have a problem with discontent. It is nor normally listed among the more “serious sins,” but is relegated to the “lesser sins” that we all must deal with and therefore is not often dealt with seriously.
God has a different view of discontentment. Tells us that the sons of Eli were “sons of Belial, “ wicked, evil, vile men. Instead of eating the meat they God had provided for the priests they had established a practice of going wherever they wanted and whatever meat they could pick out of a stewing pot by using a three-pronged hook was theirs. Eventually this was not enough so they decided they would just take whatever they wanted, including the fat that should have been sacrificed to God.
God shows us the depth of their sin. God said their sin was “very great” because they despised what God had provided for them. Whenever we are not content with God gives us, but instead we desire to go after “strange flesh” we join with the sons of Belial in despising God’s provision.
If we saw all our sin the same way God does we would see the loathsomeness of sins like discontent. Let us strive to see all sin the way God does, as loathsome and repulsive.
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