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Weekly Bible Verse – An Extreme Consequence of Discontentment
Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. Numbers 11:1 (NASB)
Have you ever been around someone who constantly dwells on what is wrong around them? No matter what happens, they’re not happy. Have you ever heard the saying “every cloud has a silver lining?” Well, these people’s favorite saying seems to be “every silver lining has a dark cloud.” This is what was happening to the Israelites in this week’s passage.
God had miraculously brought them out of Egypt. He had freed them from slavery and was leading them to the excellent land that He had promised to them. He also provided them with food for each day even though they were wandering through wilderness and what-not.
Unfortunately, it just wasn’t good enough for them. Instead of dwelling on their amazing circumstances of manna failing daily from heaven and God in a pillar of cloud guiding them, they missed Egypt! They missed the fish they used to “eat free” and the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. Would they really rather trade onions and leeks for freedom? (personally I wouldn’t trade a a broken CD for onions but that’s a topic for a different day)
Our situation may not be as extreme (you’re probably not reading this from the wilderness somewhere) but we often tend to fall into discontent and complaining as well. No matter your current situation, you are most likely better off then the vast majority in this world. Focus on what you do have not what you don’t and if you do find yourself longing for your Eqypt, be realistic in your memory. Sure it was nice to have fish each day, but the Israelites obviously forgot about the price they paid to get those meals. Again, get your focus off of yourself and onto God and others and you may find that your discontent drops considerably.
God bless and have a great week…
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