Where’s Your Faith?

This evening we had a little episode with our oldest child and it prompted this thought…I hope it helps you as it has me.

Murmuring or complaining is one of those sins that are overlooked. Sometimes we get so focused on the “big sins” such as murder and adultery that we overlook this sin. This sin killed thousands of Israelites!

We can read how the Israelites who were desperately thirsty looked only at the fact that the water they had come to was bitter and undrinkable. And so they murmured against Moses. But honestly they were really murmuring against God.

So often just like the Israelites we focus on our desperate situation with our physical eyes and not with eyes of faith and then fall into the trap of complaining. We actually hinder the Lord’s answers to our problems by unbelief…which leads to the sin of murmuring!

Let’s not allow this sin to easily become a stronghold! The same wonder working God that led the children of Israel out of Egypt, is still at work today, but are we hindering Him? If we are grumbling and complaining, the answer is, “YES”!

And so, until we stop, we are missing out on His answers and blessings which are waiting on our faith in Him! Lord help me to trust You…tonight as I put my daughter to bed I prayed that she can see my faith & trust in the Lord. I prayed that I can be an example to her and to teach her that sin is sin no matter how big or small. It is easier to complain about something or have unbelief but it is more powerful to trust, have faith and believe.