WTW 2022
6 April
Don’t Complain
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. Philippians 2:14-16
Remember Maasah & Meribah
Read Exodus 16 and following
Read Numbers 11-20 and following
Read Deuteronomy 1 and following
Read Exodus 17 & Numbers 20
(Strike vs Speak)
Friends, we live in a miracle.
It’s like this
You live in a home with a family where you have people who take care of you, provide you with everything, feed you, change your diaper, do all sorts of amazing things for you, take you on trips, give you gifts, love you, teach you, show you the Way of Life, hug you, kiss you, tell you that they love you, give you toys, fix your broken toys.
And you complain.
God gives you life itself and does all these things and more. He creates the very life you live, and because He leaves opportunities for you to problem solve and things for you to learn and fix, leaves spiritual wild animals around for you to learn spiritual warfare, leaves other tiny things around for you to develop systems and discover tiny glimpses into His laws and His order, His systems and ways and methods, instead of recognizing you live in His world with His life He put in the body He created for you.
You complain.
…
Don’t complain.
Love Him, thank Him, honor Him
Praise Him, glorify Him, worship Him.
Problem solve with the wisdom He gives you.
Don’t complain.
Don’t complain about anything.
Instead tell God your needs, and don’t forget to thank Him for His answers.
As a matter of fact
The LORD is my poimen
I have no need.
He shall supply all your NEED
According to His riches in glory
So thank Him for everything
Not only His answers
Thank Him for life itself
He didn’t have to do it
But I, for one, am glad He did
And after you thank Him.
Stop complaining to others
Especially those who changed your diaper and nursed you.
Stop it.
Just stop it.
Stop the complaining, period.
Give thanks, with a grateful heart.
Give thanks.
Wisdom in the WORD 
A couple Fridays ago, my schedule changed a bit and my life got a bit busier than I’m used to. As is my normal response, complaints started to bubble up. Just like the Holy Spirit, I noticed I needed to catch up on Randy’s blog and noticed this strong exhortation, something I needed to hear desperately and something that has blessed me since. Not complaining has not only made my life more peaceful, made me more able to stay better connected to Lord even with less time, able to learn to trust Him more but it has certainly helped my wife’s sanity considerably and has been a blessing to our marriage.
Truly, like Randy said, God allows these challenges to help us learn and grow becoming more like Jesus. Complaining gums up that process beyond any value to anyone. No wonder the scripture is so strong against it.
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