Then believed they his words; they sang his praise

Psalm 106:12-15 "Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel..but lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert..and He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul."
In Hebrews 11:27 we read that Moses perservered because he saw Him who is invisible. Yet in the above passage, exactly the opposite was true of the children of Israel. They perservered only when their circumstances were favorable, because they were primarily influenced by whatever appealed to their senses, instead of trusting in the invisible and eternal God.
Even today, we have those who live an inconsistent life in Christ because they have become preoccupied with things that are external. Therefore, some people focus on their circumstances rather than focusing on God. God desires that we grow in our ability to see Him in everything, and to realize the importance of seemingly insigificant circumstances.
We read of the children of Israel "THEN they believed his promises." They didn't believe until AFTER they saw Him work. Once they saw God work,.THEN they believed Him. They doubted God when they came to the Red Sea, but when He opened the way and led them across, and they saw Pharoah and his army drowned, "THEN they believed". The Israelites continued to live this kind of up and down existence, because their faith was dependant upon their circumstances. Beloved, this is not the kind of faith that God wants us to have.
The world says that "seeing is believing"..but God wants us to believe in order to see. The psalmist said "I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living". Do you believe God only when your circumstances are favorable, or do you believe Him..simply believe Him..no matter what your circumstances may be?
Simple faith..is believing what we do not see. Ask God today to help you with any unbelief that you may be experiencing. I believe that God wants to bring us to that level of trust and belief where we actually begin to see what we have believed.
From Streams in the Desert