The People
Complained
Now
when the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes,
the LORD heard it and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the LORD burned
against them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. But the people
cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire abated. So that
place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned against them.
The
rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and
said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we used to eat in
Now
the manna was like coriander seed, and its color was like the color of gum
resin. The people went around and gathered it, ground it in mills or beat it in
mortars, then boiled it in pots and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was
like the taste of cakes baked with oil. When the dew fell on the camp in the
night, the manna would fall with it.
Moses
heard the people weeping throughout their families, all at the entrances of
their tents. Then the LORD became very angry, and Moses was displeased.
Numbers 11:1-10
We all
have harvests to take care of. Sometimes God is very good to us and we have a
bumper crop to harvest. When that happens we need to be careful that we do not
complain as the Israelites did.
Sometimes
we focus too much on the negatives and not enough time on the positives. We
should never complain about how much work we have to do, we should praise God
for all of the blessings He has given us. We let ourselves be distracted by the
disappointments and deprivations that God allows for our spiritual good.
Some people go through life
standing
at the complaint counter.
Don’t be one of them.
Our Daily Bread –