MURMURING AND COMPLAINING

Narration:

Parents and guardians like it when those under them speak up about their needs and concerns and also patiently wait, with trust, to receive what they have asked for. They would not be happy if they kept receiving murmurings and complaints from those they care for instead of thanks and appreciation. This is similar to how God feels. Just as murmuring irritates man, it irritates God even more.

God loves it when His children remember to thank Him for His past blessings, commit their new requests to Him in prayers and trust that He will provide as He has always done (Psalms 103:1-5). God is not happy when we tend to forget His answers to our prayers, saving grace upon our lives, mercies, favours and blessings, just because of challenges (Isaiah 51:12-13). When we sit to murmur and complain about what we do not have or what seems not to be working well in our lives, it shows our lack of appreciation for God’s previous blessings and our lack of faith and trust in Him to answer our prayers.

Beloved, murmuring and complaining has never solved any problem. Rather, they cause brooding, heartache and health issues that we could have avoided if we only could trust in God. When we attach our hearts too much to materialism or anything thing else on earth, we will have our lives filled with yearnings and subsequently complains, if those yearnings are not met. When we decide to live in contentment, the need for competition with others will cease and we will find ourselves giving thanks and appreciating every of God’s blessings.

Prayer:

Great Jehovah, thank You for all You have been providing and keep providing for me. Please enable me to live in gratitude and thanksgiving to You; I pray in Christ’s name, Amen.