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Intro: Thanksgiving is upon us.
What are you thankful for?
Shoutout all at once what you’re thankful for....
Today… let’s talk about complaining.
Growing up, I always complained about… I would complain about not getting to watch tv as much as I would have liked.
Now I complain about football etc.
Complaining seizes our joy…
The old - testament gives a-lot of insight on complaining..
One of the biggest offenders of complaining were the Israelites.
First let me give you a little bit of backstory.
Think back to the story of Joseph and the technicolor dream coat.
If you remember, Joseph was sold into slavery in Egypt, and yet, he eventually became Pharaoh’s right-hand man, Joseph.
Joseph’s family (Jacob, whose other name was Israel, was his dad, and his 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel) moved to Egypt during the 7-year famine that Joseph saved Egypt from.
So, they settled there and eventually Joseph died and time went on and the new Pharaoh of Egypt forgot about Joseph and became intimidated by the way the Israelite nation was multiplying.
So, he put them into slavery for hundreds of years until the time of Moses, who you may have heard of, led them out of Egypt through a series of plagues, culminating in parting the Red Sea and entering the wilderness.
Now first of all, the Israelites complained twice during this whole ordeal when Moses was trying to lead them out of slavery.
They were actually upset that they were being rescued from slavery!
You can check this out in Exodus 5:1-22 and Exodus 14:11-12.
And after all of this the complaining went to a whole other’ level.
Exodus 15:22 The taste of the water bothered them.
Exodus 16:1-4 They didn’t like the bread Moses gave them in the desert.
Exodus 17:1-4 They were thirsty.
Exodus 32:28 They got impatient waiting for the 10 commandments, complained, and built a golden calf idol to worship.
Numbers 11:33 They complained about the food again.
Numbers 12:1-12 Miriam and Aaron complained about Moses’ leadership.
Numbers 14:1-10 They didn’t want to enter The Promised Land that God wanted to give them because they were afraid.
So they complained.
Numbers 14:10 Again, the Israelites didn’t like Moses and wanted to kill him.
Numbers 16, Numbers 16:41 They were still rebelling against Moses (who God appointed to lead them—and remember—SAVED THEM FROM SLAVERY!)
Numbers 20:1-5 They complained about the water again.
Numbers 14:1-10 They didn’t want to enter The Promised Land that God wanted to give them because they were afraid.
So they complained.
Numbers 14:10 Again, the Israelites didn’t like Moses and wanted to kill him.
Numbers 16, Numbers 16:41 They were still rebelling against Moses (who God appointed to lead them—and remember—SAVED THEM FROM SLAVERY!)
Numbers 20:1-5 They complained about the water again.
Here is what we need to realize today from the Israelites example and in our own lives.
Complaining is a drain.
Psychological research points to complaining can actually rewire your brain.
This means your brain becomes more accustom to complaining.
Complaining is all around us.
But not complaining is refreshing and gives you a witness because it is counter cultural.
What do you complain about the most?
How are you draining yourself and others?
Let’s stop the drain game and choose to turn our emotions into prayers or solutions to the problems we face.
2. Pop your bubble
We live in our own “bubbles” what we say is right, and it’s all about us.
It’s easy to complain when life is all about “me”
We are called to make life about others.
We are called to love the Lord your God with all of your heart soul.
3. See life as a gift
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