HE HEARS OUR COMPLAINS: Devotion for Friday July 8, 2016

Text: Numbers 11:1 – 3               

Memory verse: v 1 – Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp.

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. 

One of the ways we attract God’s anger is murmuring and complaining. These acts discredit God and are ways of passing vote of no confidence in Him. They are acts of lack of faith. Major problems between God and His people Israel are their act of disobedience and lack of faith. They were always faltering between opinions (1 King 18:21). It attracts God’s anger always.

In our text, the Israelis complained bitterly against God and Moses (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 your salvation.

Food for Thought: Discontentment and complaint are stepping stone to backsliding in faith. Beware because it attracts God’s anger.  

Prayer: Heal me, O Lord, of any discontentment in me and help me never to complain about the position I find myself.

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