FAITH MAIL: Acts of the complaint do not have a place before God.

Exodus 16

Give thanks to God at all times to gain the attention of a jealous God.
Have you been complaining more or complimenting God for what He has done or doing in your life?
Acts of the complaint do not have a place before God.
Complaining can be a quick turnaround from complementing for victory in place of a setback.
Does that speak to you?
Regardless of an unexpected challenge, always remember there is nothing impossible for God to turn around for good. 
God destroyed the Egyptians on behalf of the Israelites at the entrance of the Red Sea. 
Moses and the children of Israel declared a new song to praise God. 
The praise states, “Your right hand, O LORD, has become glorious in power; Your right hand, O LORD, has dashed the enemy in pieces.” (Exodus 15:6) 
Indeed, the right hand of God is still with power, as it was then.
The right hand of God has not changed to lift His children. 
However, after crossing the Red Sea, the hand of God that saw them through was enough not to complain and look back. 
Have you been complaining more or complimenting God for His mercy? 
Complaining became a pattern of engaging challenges by the Israelites. At the place called Marah, the Israelites could not turn to God with compliments, but the complaint became their way before God. Exodus 15:23-24 records, “Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore, the name of it was called Marah. And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”  
The complaint of the Israelites against Moses was an indirect complaint before God.
The Israelites could not count on the blessing of God that brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred years.
Despite the complaint, God gave them water through Moses. 
After the Marah Episode was the drama of crying for what they had left behind in Egypt. 
Getting to the Promised Land involves leaving behind the past to claim the Promised Land. 
The Israelites complained about meat when God showed up to meet their desire for meat. 
God attending to the Israelites should have been enough not to generate any more complaints about the lack of their journey, yet they complained about water. Exodus 17:3 records, “And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, “Why is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”  
Complaining was the confession of death when they died, with none seeing the Promised Land.
Give yourself to compliment God for all He has done, doing all He will do in your life.

Prayer for today: Ask to enable your thanksgiving at all times.