Complaining has shown up on the menu for Sunday School this coming Sunday.

The ancient Israelites provide the historical point of reference here in Numbers 11.

“And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled…” (1).

What a complaining bunch God’s people proved themselves to be way back then!

And God wants me to learn from their example. So I’ve come up with five questions to personalize the matter of complaining:

1. Is my discouragement any different before God than their complaining?
2. “And the LORD heard it” — to what extent does that matter to me?
3. How have I grown weary and dissatisfied with any of God’s provision for me?
4. “I am not able to bear all this…alone” — what’s the solution?
5. What did I do this past week to overcome my complaining spirit?

Will murmuring and complaining show up on my life menu today?

May I be delivered from chronic complaining. In fact, may I turn away from all complaining!

from Numbers 11:6