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There's a poster that I both like
and don't like. It simply says, "No Whining Allowed!" It is also one of the rules
we try and enforce around out house. But sometimes I like to whine.
While in the wilderness the Children of Israel wondered around
for about 40 years. At Mount Sinai they received what we now call the Ten Commandments.
But if you read through the first five books of the Old Testament and try to figure
out what Israel learned practically, you would find God was trying to teach them
was that He would care for them. Along with that, Israel had to learn not to whine.
Every time things didn't go the way they
thought they should, they started whining at Moses and to God, remembering
how great things were
back when they were just slaves and had a place to die when they got
old.
James' letter to the scattered Jewish believers
contains a little talk (recorded in James
1:12-18) where he explained where temptation
came from. God in the One Who gives every good and perfect gift (v.
17). Our temptations
and the attitudes that cause us to whine, actually originate from ourselves
(v.
14). We can't
blame our resulting sin on God.
Have you checked your attitude today? Are
you sour about something? In the back of your mind, are you really blaming
God for the deal you
have or the sin you find yourself entangled in? God frowns on whining.
He asks us instead
to lean on Him, and trust He will care for us in every circumstance.
All Scripture references are from the New American Standard
Version unless otherwise noted.
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