God Hates Murmuring.

In the wilderness the Israelites began to complain and whine about their hardships when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled and the fire of the Lord burned among them and devoured them. They desired to eat meat. They began to despise the manna the Lord had provided and started desiring what they had in Egypt, not remembering God’s mighty hand of deliverance from their slavery. They longed for the fish in Egypt, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. 

However, God did provide for them quail for their complain was too much. But the Lord’s punishment remained; He sent a severe plague as they enjoyed the meat.

Miriam and Aaron murmured and spoke against God’s chosen servant Moses for marrying a Cushite woman, and became jealous of him because of his office as a prophet of God. The Lord heard their talk. No one on the face of the earth was as meek as Moses was. God summoned them to the tent of meeting and admonished them for not showing reverence and respect to his servant Moses. The anger of God blazed out against them and Miriam became leprous.

As the body of Christ we should mind what comes out from our mouths. Weigh our words and let them not be full of murmuring and complaining.

Paul admonishes us in Philippians 2:14-16. Do everything readily and cheerfully—no bickering, no second-guessing allowed! Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God.

THE LORD’S DELIVERANCE

The Israelite's had lived in Egypt for a period of four hundred and thirty years. The lived forty years as slaves in Egypt. Working hard in the fields doing all the hard labor since the Egyptians didn’t like them.

This was a long period of suffering and turmoil. They groaned and waited for God’s deliverance. God sent a deliverer to them. God revealed his power to the Egyptians but Pharaoh hardened his heart. Instead he considered all the hard labor they were doing and saw that no one else was best suited for the work, so he delayed their deliverance.

God kept on manifesting his great miracles to them; He made the Nile river turn into blood but Pharaoh did not consent to this, he sent them frogs, locusts filled the land of Egypt. He rained down hailstorms from heaven still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened. He sent boils to the Egyptian households, darkness filled the land yet Pharaoh did not let them go until God killed the entire first born of the Egyptians. This sent a great outcry in the land of Egypt and finally Pharaoh let God’s people; the Israelite's go to worship him.

When the Israelite's left Egypt, God did not allow them to leave empty handed he made them request for articles of silver, gold and clothing. They were richly supplied.

This story encourages us not to throw in the towel no matter how long you may have waited for deliverance or maybe a blessing in your life. Believe that God will finally send his deliverance and also grant you much spoils as he did for the Israelite's.