Complain, Complain
The Sin of Complaining
Numbers 21:5 –– “And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our should loatheth this light bread.”
Once again, the people of God are complaining about the provision of God. This complaint is but one, in the litany of complaints that the children of Israel have voiced since they were delivered from Egypt.
The essence of this complaint is that they are tired of God’s provision of manna from Heaven, and they want better food and drinking water. Yet, have they forgotten the provision of God in recent past. In order to give them water, God provided water from a rock twice. Not a single need had gone unmet. They were God’s people, and they were cared for by God. All they had to do was look at the tabernacle and see the Pillar of Cloud by day, and the Pillar of Fire by night. God was among them!
Yet, they despaired of that which was their provision. They spent their time complaining about what they did not have, instead of being grateful for what they did have. They had FREEDOM! No longer were they slaves. No longer were they the unwilling subjects of cruel taskmasters. No longer did they feel the crack of the whip upon their backs and the scourge of vicious blows. No longer were they forced to engage in rigorous labors for the profit of a ruthless master. They were FREE! Their labors were labors of their own choosing and for their profit. They were the chosen people of God. They had seen the miraculous provisions of God, since leaving Egypt. Yet, they complained about what they didn’t have! They complained about what they left behind in Egypt. Earlier they had mourned and said, “We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic” (Num. 11:5). Someone has aptly observed, “They remembered the fish, but they forgot the fetters.”
Lest we be too hard on the children of Israel, we should be a little introspective at this point. When was the last time we complained about what God had not given us, instead of being grateful for what He has given? When was the last time we longed for the past, instead of being grateful for the present? Often, we tend to look at the past through the proverbial rose colored glasses. We fail to remember it as it was. Like the children of Israel, we remember the “good” things, but forget the bad things. The result is that we become dissatisfied with our present condition. Such dissatisfaction will ultimately give way to complaining to God.
It should be remembered, that anywhere in the presence of God is to be preferred over the slavery of this world. In Israel’s circumstance, it would seem that someone might have spoken up and said, “Well, we may not have much, but at least we are not slaves anymore!”
The provisions of God are always sufficient when we are living in His presence. Let us never long for the former bondage of this world. Let us never be guilty of complaining about the provision of God not being enough, or not being what we want.
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