{"id":103185,"date":"2020-11-02T03:54:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T09:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/?p=103185"},"modified":"2020-10-29T07:08:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T12:08:15","slug":"16-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/02\/16-j\/","title":{"rendered":"16.j. “Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Philippians 2:14\u00a0 <\/span>Do all things without grumbling or disputing.<\/p>\n

Exodus 16:8<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD.\u201d<\/p>\n

Numbers 14:27<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u201cHow long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me?<\/p>\n

Psalms 106:25<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD.<\/p>\n

James 5:9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door.<\/p>\n

1 Peter 4:9<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.<\/p>\n

Jude 1:16<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In Philippians 2:14, Paul said, \u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing.\u201d Now, that\u2019s convicting, isn\u2019t it? Grumbling isn\u2019t an outward, loud complaint. Instead, it\u2019s that under-the-breath murmuring you do at your job, in traffic, or in church. Make no mistake about it: God hates grumbling.<\/p>\n

Why does God hate grumbling so much? One reason is that grumbling is a sign of ingratitude toward God. In Exodus 16:8, Moses said to the Israelites, \u201cYour grumblings are not against us but against the Lord.\u201d When you complain, you are really saying, \u201cGod, You don\u2019t know what You\u2019re doing. I could do a lot better job if I were in charge.\u201d Another reason God judges grumbling is that it robs other Christians of their joy when they listen to your complaints. Grumbling spreads like a disease. When Paul said, \u201cDo all things without grumbling or disputing,\u201d he was talking about your job. He was talking about your homework. He was talking about your chores. He was even talking about your ministry in the church. What is the benefit of doing all things without grumbling? Paul said in Philippians 2:15-16, \u201cSo that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life.\u201d The reason God wants us to live obediently is so we can stand out in this dark world that has lost its thirst for God.<\/p>\n

You may remember the children\u2019s song, \u201cThis little light of mine, I\u2019m gonna let it shine.\u201d That song is cute, but it\u2019s misleading. The word in verse 15, \u201clights,\u201d is not a little light. It literally means \u201cluminary.\u201d God wants our witness for Christ to be a big, shining light\u2013like a star or a planet\u2013not to illuminate ourselves, but to illuminate God. That\u2019s why Jesus said in Matthew 5:16, \u201cLet your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.\u201d That\u2019s what happens when we live obediently. When we live a distinctive life, it causes God to be glorified. (Robert Jeffress)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philippians 2:14\u00a0 Do all things without grumbling or disputing. Exodus 16:8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD.\u201d Numbers 14:27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cHow long shall this wicked congregation grumble against me? Psalms 106:25\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0They murmured in their tents, and did not obey the voice of the LORD. James 5:9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that … Continue reading “16.j. “Your grumbling is not against us but against the LORD.\u201d”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8813,14009,7361,281,3304,14268,5124,14518,1149,14269,7398,6814,117,4135,6540,168],"class_list":["post-103185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-against-the-lord","tag-boasters","tag-disputing","tag-gain","tag-grumble","tag-grumblers","tag-grumbling","tag-hospitality","tag-judged","tag-loud-mouthed","tag-malcontents","tag-murmured","tag-obey","tag-sinful-desires","tag-standing-at-the-door","tag-voice-of-the-lord"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103188,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103185\/revisions\/103188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}