Complaining about circumstances really has no place in the life of a Christian. But if you're like me, complaining is sometimes a daily habit. We've got no right to complain because complaining reveals something much deeper.
I'm reading in Numbers still and am at the point where the Israelites are complaining about their food & travel arrangements. Just a couple of years ago they were working their fingers to the bone as slaves in Egypt; they were nothing. Egypt owned them and could do anything it wanted with them. They hated being slaves!
But now, a couple of years later, the Israelites are complaining about the current food and travel as free men! How utterly evil and thankless they were! No wonder God killed some of them with fire! I find that the complaining isn't the cause of God's anger (Moses was complaining to God about the people complaining, yet God was not angered at Moses). The complaints are a symptom of a deeper problem and this deep problem can find it's way into everybody's life if we're not careful:
Complaining about current discomforts reveals the fact that you have forgotten what God has already done for you. And when you forget God's faithfulness & goodness, you cannot possibly live a life of thankfulness, obedience and trust.
The next time complaints start to creep in, remember that complaining reveals something much deeper.
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