STANDOUT
Numbers 14

When there is a failure to believe and trust in the delivering power that is in the Word of God, there will be a pass onto complaining and entering into the opposite of His blessing. It is clear that the opposite of a blessing, is a curse. God promised to take the children of Israel to the Promised Land, but they could not hold onto the promise of God when they received a negative report and responded with negativity. Ten out of the twelve that went to spy on the Promised Land delivered a negative report. It was Joshua and Caleb that stood out, to give a positive report. The negative report made the whole population of the children of Israel to respond by complaining and confessing negatively against the good plan and promise of God. As a result of their complaints, God responded, “The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.” (Joshua 14:29-30) Complaining before God is a serious case that can terminate any journey of any blessing. Complaining is an act of rebellion and if it failed the children of Israel in getting to their Promised Land, it can also fail any man by becoming terminated in the journey of life and not live up to the fullness of God’s promise. The children of Israel that responded negatively could have escaped if they had responded with positive attitude, knowing that God had never failed them. Have you been exposed to a group, or fellowship, that are consciously or unconsciously complaining against what God will do, or what God has done? Let no man be deceived, God does not operate by number, but by His power. If among tens of thousands only one could be found standing and trusting in the promise of God, it would not take anything away from God to see only that one through. Numbers 14:37-38, “Those very men who brought the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.” The act of complaining is an act to rebel, it is worthy to pay attention to all that often causes man to complain, or join, the multitude of complainers. God has promised that He will never fail, why not hold on to the promise and the evidences that He has never failed? Ignore situations pay attention to the truth and remember that God is beautiful for situations.
Prayer for today: Enable me to stand out in every force, or agents, of the wicked that causes man to complain against your name.