Do we want God or not?

Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

There have been times with my kids when I have wanted to do good things for them but I could not. Not that it was not in my power to do them good, but because of their actions and attitudes, I did not feel it was right for them to be rewarded. I have said many times to my daughter:" it is not my fault it is yours that you are not going."

We want it both ways don't we? We want God do to good things for us but we don't want God to tell us what to do. Then, when we are in trouble or life does not turn out like we hoped, we blame God. Just like I told my daughter, it is not my fault that you did not receive a blessing, it is the same way with God. He desires to work in our lives and give us good things, but will not force his was into our lives. God says open wide your mouth and I will fill it. He has many great blessings for us if we will seek him and walk in his ways.