Complaining

Have you ever complained about where you are? Have you complained about a situation in your life?

I know that I have, maybe I am alone in this, but when I do that, do you think that I am ultimately telling God that it is His fault? Look at the Israelite's in the Old Testament, God took them out of Egypt and saved them from slavery, a life of torture, but they began to complain against God. saying why did You take us out of Egypt so that we wander the desert, it was better where we were. They forgot what it was like where God saved them from, they forgot they were saved for a reason and complained against God. God was angry with them, He expressed His anger to them, because they were sinning against Him by complaining, saying why me God and so on. I want to be back in Egypt.

Have you ever complained about where God has you? God designed our lives, He orchestrated each thing for a lesson so that we can grow closer to Him, so that we can learn to give Him praise for every situation that we are in, instead of being like the Israelite's and complaining about where we find ourselves. If you say that it wasn't God's plan, then you are taking the power out of God and saying that it is all about you, just as the Israelite's did. Do you think that angers God? I do, I believe each word of the Bible is God breathed and He has put the story of the Israelite's in there for our purpose so that we can learn from them, not so that we can be like them.

God calls us to give Him thanks for every situation we are in, because when we do not, we are making it all about what "I" want instead of making it about what God wants. We are telling God that we want to go back to where we were, instead of saying God I want to be what you call me to be, I want to do what you call me to do, so I am a living sacrafice for you, I want what you want and you wanted me here, I praise for that, it takes it out of our choice and gives it to God.

Are you feeling in a bad place, do you not have the answer? Are you cursing God for where He has you instead of thanking Him? Maybe it is time to get on your knees and pray, confess it as sin and repent, that means turn from it, because it can't be about what "I" want, but has to be about what God wants.

In every hard place you find yourself, thank God for it, because doing anything other than that is a sin. It is time to get right with God, it is time to allow Him to live and move and have His being in you. God wants to be King of our lives, He wants to receive the glory, He has you right where He wants you, it is His plan, not our own. His choices, so that we can learn, do you want to learn or be like the Israelite's and wander even longer? God calls us to absolute surrender and giving Him praise for it all. Give God thanksgiving in every circumstance.