GOD HEARS

Faith Capsule: Why not adapt to positive communication instead of complaining?

Numbers 14

After the report of the spies, that went to spy out the Promised land, the children of Israel complained, and God responded to their complain stating, “How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who complain against Me? I have heard the complaints which the children of Israel make against Me.  Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the LORD, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 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.” (Numbers 14:27-28)
By virtue of God’s response in the verses above, it is clear that:
God is a longsuffering God. He is a God that bears long with our iniquities. 2 Peter 3:9 buttressed, “but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.” Complaining instead of complementing God is evil. It does not settle well with God. Just as He hears complain so He hears every of our communication. Why not adapt to positive communication instead of complaining? Pharaoh and his men could not stop the Israelites from coming out of bondage; the Red Sea failed to deny them passage; wall of Jericho crumbled for them to pass through but complain was able to terminate them from getting to the Promised Land.
We must know and be very much aware that God hears every of our conversation. He claimed to have heard the complaints of the Israelites. God hears us more than we know it. The word of God warned, “Understand, you senseless among the people; and you fools, when will you be wise? He who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He who formed the eye, shall He not see? He who instructs the nations, shall He not correct, He who teaches man knowledge? The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are futile.” (Psalm 94:8-11) This should make us to know that we cannot afford to be careless in our communications (thought, word, actions) towards God.
Also, it is proven that God is ever consistent with His word. Whatever He says He will do is a done deal. He laid out consequences of their foolishness (complaint) and it all came to pass. Indeed, as He promised, all that complained, from twenty years old and above could not get to the Promised Land.
When we complain against God, it sends a clear message that we do not trust God. As a result of our lack of trust, suffering the consequences of lack of trust prevails. Complain will cause major delay or deny man from the blessings of breakthrough. The children of Israel constantly complained, both directly and indirectly, against God. The result was their stagnation and termination in the wilderness.

Prayer for today: Ask God for total deliverance from conscious and unconscious deliverance complaining against God.

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