COMPLAINING IS COMPLICATING
Numbers 14

A journey that was supposed to last eleven days, turned out to last for forty years. Not forty hours or forty days, not forty weeks or forty months, but forty years. The children of Israel were to travel through the wilderness to their Promised Land for eleven days, but the journey lasted for forty years. Are you experiencing a wilderness or an in the valley situation? At times it is good to experience a wilderness journey, but not to stay in the wilderness for a prolonged period of time. The generation that came out of Egypt did not only live in the wilderness, they roamed and wandered about in the wilderness. Also, they did not get to see or enter into the Promised Land. It was because of their complaining against God that kept them in the wilderness. Acts of complaining are acts of self-destruction. Are you complaining about your situation? As a result of the children of Israel’s constant complaining against God, the Lord punished them for complaining against Him. God responded in Numbers 14:22-23, “Because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice, they certainly shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.” God promised to take them to the Promised Land. He showed them great and mighty signs in Egypt, and on their way out of Egypt. The signs and wonders of God are His testimonies. His testimonies are more than enough to transport believers to the Promised Land. Are you constantly meditating on His testimonies? The Psalmist knew what he was saying by virtue of his confessions in Psalm 119:2, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Psalm 119:14, I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches, Psalm119: 24, “Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors, Psalm 119:46, I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. The testimonies of God are worthy of meditation. What are the testimonies that you are carrying? What are the testimonies of your heart? The testimonies of God provoke faith. Hebrew 11:6 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Let today be your day of meditating on the testimonies of God and complaining will take no place in your situation.
 
Prayer for today: Ask God for the grace that will cause you not to complain in times of challenging situations.