MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Wednesday August 5,
2020
Topic: God Hears When We Complain
Text: Numbers 11:1 – 3
It is
proper to remind us that God is not man. He is omnipresent, omniscience and
omnipotent. He alone knows what we will do or say tomorrow and even in years
ahead. Not only that, He knows the intent of our hearts and the motive behind
whatever we do. For this reason, we should be very careful of the utterances we
make. When we have in mind that God is always with us in whatever we do, it
will make us to be extremely cautious of our actions and inaction.
One
of the ways we attract God’s anger is murmuring and complaining. These acts
discredit God as unable or unwilling to save, deliver and help us. They are
acts of lack of faith and confidence in God. Some major problems between God
and His people, Israel is their act of disobedience and lack of faith they
showed to Him. They were always faltering between opinions (1 King 18:21). It
attracts God’s anger always.
In
our text, the Israelites complained bitterly against God and Moses (Numbers 11:1).
This made God to send fire against them in Taberah. Discontentment with the
ways God deals with us is unwise and wicked. People who indulge in it provoke
Him, and expose themselves to His wrath. We should understand that He knows the
best for us.
Are
you complaining because you are discontented with God for not answering your
prayer about job, success in exam, fruit of the womb, no prospective spouse,
etc.? As you even contemplate it in your heart, God hears.
Don’t
incur His wrath. Know that these things you are seriously asking from God are
extra blessings. The ultimate is our salvation.
Food for Thought: Discontentment and complaint are stepping stone to backsliding in
faith. Beware because it attracts God’s anger.
Memory verse: Numbers 11:1
