INTRODUCTION

In Deuteronomy 7:7-8 [7] The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: [8] But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
See All..., the Lord expressed His great love for the nation of Israel. In the midst of this declaration, the Lord provided reasons why He placed His love upon this particular nation. In Deuteronomy 1:27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
See All..., the people began to murmur and their murmurings bred lies. They stated that the Lord brought them out of Egypt to destroy them because of His great hatred for them. Their statements were completely false. This is true in most circumstances when people turn to murmuring. The problem gets exaggerated and the truth corrupted. Fabricating lies helps the one murmuring to feel better about voicing the complaint. Interestingly, the truth is usually not worth murmuring about.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): Read Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
  See All.... The people spoke against God and Moses by complaining there was no bread. They lied because in the very same verse they showed their wicked hearts, for God had given them bread. They simply hated God’s provision. The Lord was very displeased with their murmuring (Numbers 21:6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
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• (For everyone): Have you ever heard someone say, “We don’t have anything to eat”? Was that really true? Most people who complain like that have plenty to eat. Why did the person speak a lie rather than speaking the truth?
• Do you lie when you murmur? Does the Lord approve of this lying? Does the Lord approve of your murmuring? Are you willing to repent?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to forgive you for murmuring.
• Ask the Lord to convict you the next time you begin to murmur.

HYMN

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