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Exodus 17:1-7

When there is a clear understanding of what you are doing outside of God, then a work by the grace of God will be in place for readjustment. The book of Proverbs records in Proverbs 21:9, ÒIt is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop, than in a house shared with a contentious woman.Ó Does this fit your description? To be contentious is a railroad for complaint to ride on. In the journey of life, the spirit of complaining will not give life, but rather absolute death. In the midst of unforeseen situation, who are you to complain to? What is it that can justify complaint over what you cannot control? The spirit of complaining is nothing but a negative approach unto the One and only One God that is in control of heaven and earth. Why roll over into complaining when you can ride on into praising and thanking Him for what He has done. When praising and thanking God for what He has done, His hand will be provoked to move in what you want from Him. The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel who were delivered from Egypt were the greatest victim of complaint. Complaining did not take their life away in bondage, but it took it after they were out of bondage. What a victim! Complaint will not announce itself before it establishes itself inside the life of its victim. As recorded in Exodus 17:2-3, ÒTherefore the people contended with Moses, and said, ÒGive us water, that we may drink.Ó So Moses said to them, why do you contend with me? Why do you tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water, and the people complained against Moses, and said, ÒWhy is it you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?Ó It is evident that they started with contention before taking it to the level of complaining. Ask God to deliver you from every spirit of complain. Stay on track and do not get derailed. Commend Him and do not complain. Keep on praising Him and He will keep on raising you.