GRUMBLING
GRUMBLING
I Corinthians 10:1-13
Devotional:- “nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer” (v.10) NKJV
The act of grumbling is a means through which the enemy carefully removes the joy of many. Grumbling is a silent reaction to an instruction or a responsibility you must undertake. It is not feeling free to express one's mind about what one is satisfied with. People grumble against God about their challenges. They also grumble against their masters or bosses in the office.
When the children of Israel were going through the wilderness, they were faced with several needs on their way, and each time they tried to shift blame to God, who had mercy on them and organised to put them in Canaan. When they lack water, they grumble; when it is meat, they grumble, and God sent the angel of destruction to destroy them.
It is important to note that instead of grumbling under your breath or in your workplace, you should find a way to express your mind so that you can be free, but if you can't leave the place. It is also important that you register this in your mind once and for all, that God is never at fault. To grumble against God will be very wrong. Get to know that if anything is not yet working for you, God is not to be blamed. What you are expected to do is to make your request known to God, rather than complaining.
Friend, stop looking at God as your enemy. His plans for you are good. So when things are not working, wait patiently and observe to know what is wrong. In humility, ask him what to do and obey Him. But be careful not to complain against God. Rather, praise Him in every situation because He has programmed all things to work for your good (1 Thessalonian 5:18; Romans 8:28). That will help you to gain your comfort and establish your joy.
Prayer: Lord, deliver me from every spirit of grumbling.
“GRUMBLING AGAINST GOD WILL ONLY MAKE A MAN CRUMBLE”