1 Cor. 10:1-12
\nAre you in the habit of thanking God for only what you want? In the
\nhabit of grumbling a little when things don\u2019t go the way YOU like them?
\nSo what\u2019s wrong with a little grumbling? What difference does it
\nmake? All the difference in the world!<\/p>\n
Marriages usually don\u2019t break up over a big thing, but over little
\nthings. I fixed a lot of flats in my day. Most caused by a little ole
\nmesquite thorn. A mechanic\u2019s mistake can bring down a jet. A
\nmisunderstanding can start a war.<\/p>\n
Little things mean a lot. That\u2019s where we have to live. It\u2019s the little
\nthings that make the breakfast table peaceful or a war zone.
\nGrumbling comes so easy that we don\u2019t even realize we\u2019re doing it.
\nWhat\u2019s so important or life threating about having a burnt piece of
\ntoast? Why should that wreck our day? Throw it away and fix
\nanother\u2026 takes about 30 seconds!<\/p>\n
What we\u2019re really saying when we grumble and complain is that we
\nthink God is mismanaging our day. God\u2019s deliverance of his people out
\nof Egypt and through the Red Sea was incredible and awesome. But
\nthey still didn\u2019t trust God. They complained and grumbled. Lack of
\nwater \u2014 lack of food \u2014 didn\u2019t like the way the water tasted \u2014 tired of
\nthe manna.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s when God said meat? You want meat? I got your meat! I\u2019m
\ngonna give it to you till it comes out your nose!
\n40 years \u2014 to go 200 miles. Why? They wouldn\u2019t trust God. Can
\na slug go 2 feet in one hour? Would have only taken a slug about 50
\nyears to get there, but petty complaining kept the Israelites out of the
\npromised land.<\/p>\n
Christian, our complaints and murmurings against God in the little
\nthings can keep us from entering into the perfect plan He has for our
\nlives, too.<\/p>\n
Bottom line\u2026 the attitude of praise releases the power of God in our
\nlives and the attitude of murmuring and complaining blocks that power.
\n1 Cor. 10:10 & 31.<\/p>\n
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