Discontent is Serious

Here is a sneak peek at this weekend’s event.

To find contentment in our lives, we must understand how God feels about our grumbling. Do you ever wonder why the Israelites wander in the desert for 40 years? Well, they were all a bunch of negative Nancy’s all the time. In Exodus 16 the whole community was grumbling against Aaron and Moses because they were afraid of starving to death so God gave them mana from heaven EVERY DAY.

Then they complained that they had no meat to eat, so God provided them with quail. Then they complained about not having water to drink, so God commanded Moses to strike the rock and water came out of it, and all the people drank. Let’s just think about that here for a second. Sure that sounds like no big deal until you realize holly cow, there were an estimated 2.4 million Israelite’s who fled Egypt. And none of them went hungry or thirsty?! It’s not like there was just a few families out there that God was caring for, no this was a huge group of people.

God was working overtime for his people and they continued to grumble against God until finally, God has had enough. In Numbers chapter 12 God was having no more of Miriam and Aaron grumbling against Moses so he turned Miriam leprous like snow. Then miracle after miracle, the Israelites STILL grumbled against Moses and Aaron and thought it would be better to return to a life of slavery rather than enter the promised land!? God is so angry he says to Moses “How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, despite all the signs I have performed among them? I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they.” Numbers 14:11-12.

And even though God gets angry with our grumbling, he will still continue to care for us through all the changing circumstances of our fleeting lives. God still cares for me regardless of what is going on in my life. It doesn’t matter if God has given us a nice fat bank account or if we don’t know where our next meal will come from, God still loves us. What we must remember is that money is unreliable. Actually, most things of this world are unreliable because they are temporary. But in order to have a content heart we must realize how God feels when we are not content. Because lets be honest, we have nothing to be discontent about. God is good, all the time.