Where to begin today, there is so much here...I've murmured and complained, I've complained and whined to God about other people's whining...and I know God is not a fan of murmuring/complaining/whining!
1 -15 Moses said to God, "Why are you treating me this way? What did I ever do to you to deserve this? Did I conceive them? Was I their mother? So why dump the responsibility of this people on me? Why tell me to carry them around like a nursing mother, carry them all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors? Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people who are whining to me, 'Give us meat; we want meat.' I can't do this by myself—it's too much, all these people. If this is how you intend to treat me, do me a favor and kill me. I've seen enough; I've had enough. Let me out of here."
Next they spread rumors about the Promised Land.
But the others said, "We can't attack those people; they're way stronger than we are." They spread scary rumors among the People of Israel. They said, "We scouted out the land from one end to the other—it's a land that swallows people whole. Everybody we saw was huge. Why, we even saw the Nephilim giants (the Anak giants come from the Nephilim). Alongside them we felt like grasshoppers. And they looked down on us as if we were grasshoppers."
The people whined, Moses whined, the people wanted meat and they got meat, Miriam and Aaron grumbled and complained, the scouts began spreading rumors about the Promised Land.
Each of these situations had 2 things in common - a heart problem - their hearts were not God oriented but rather me oriented and then they all opened their mouths. I pray we live each day endeavoring to keep our hearts filled with God's love and not filled with ourselves and we keep our mouths shut when it comes to whining.
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