Do you return to God when He prods you?

Amos 4:9-10

“I smote you with scorching wind and mildew;

And the caterpillar was devouring

Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord. 

“I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt;

I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses,

And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils;

Yet you have not returned to Me,” declares the Lord.

It is amazing how long and how much people will put up with rather than repent and turn to God.   Why is that?  In the above passage God tells the nation of Israel that He smote them with wind and mildew; He had the caterpillar eat their crops; sent a plague or plagues on them the same way He did when He delivered them from Egypt, but on them this time; and, He made this all cause such a stench that they couldn't escape the smell in their nose.  YET, they did not return to the God who would most certainly bless them. The plagues God sent were Egyptian in proportion and the result was the same as it was with Pharaoh ... they, too, hardened their hearts and refused to turn to God. They could not see God's grace in these acts. They would not admit their sin.  God disciplines us to restore us to Him into a warm relationship.  We reject it out of pride.  When trouble comes stop to realize God is acting in your life and that is grace.