INTRODUCTION

Why do people murmur? What causes them to get so frustrated to the point where they would publicly discuss their disappointment with their circumstances? The Bible provides several reasons. In Jude 16, the Bible says that people complain or murmur because they are “walking after their own lusts.” In John chapter 6, the Lord Jesus indicated another reason why an individual might complain. When the Lord knew that His disciples murmured within themselves, He asked them if they were offended (John 6:61When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
See All...). In other words, people murmur when things turn out differently than they had hoped. It is not so much the trial that bothers them but the offense to their self-will.

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For children): Korah was not happy with his God-given job of serving in the tabernacle. He wanted to have the priestly duties like Aaron. He went against the Lord, Moses, and Aaron and murmured against Aaron (Numbers 16:1-3 [1] Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: [2] And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: [3] And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
  See All..., 11). Read what happened to Korah and his followers in Numbers 16:32-33 [32] And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. [33] They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
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• (For everyone): When is the last time you murmured? Why did you murmur? What transpired that led you to do so? Why did the trial frustrate you so much? Did you fail to learn the Lord’s lessons?
• What happens when you do not get what you want? Do you become frustrated? Do you murmur or complain? What does this say about you? Does this reflect a selfishness?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to help you submit your will to His will.
• Ask the Lord to deliver you from murmuring.

HYMN

MY HEART’S THE SEAT OF WAR

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