I want to remind us all today to not be complainers and fault binders oh man
really we don't need to be complainers and fault binders see it's easy to see
what's wrong in a situation it's easy to see what could be done better you know
naturally we tend to look at the negative just our natural minds Chindi
always gravitate to the negative and it causes us to find fault but we don't
want to be complainers in fault finders because we know that it doesn't please
God you know we're all guilty of this I'll be the first one to raise my hand
okay because sometimes it feels good to complain you get it off your chest
you're just venting it feels good why do we complain that's one reason it feels
kind of good sometime okay let's just get real about it we've all thought all
right just get it off my chest and then I'll be okay
or we think or I think sometimes if I complain I can change the situation I'll
go to Joel and I'll tell him why this isn't right and why we shouldn't do it
this way because I think I'm gonna change the situation right but you don't
change a situation by complaining by finding fault you usually make the
situation worse like I said we can all think these
thoughts of how we could do it better but we've got to learn that we don't
have to give life to these thoughts you see when we give life to these negative
thoughts we create a more negative environment we not only pollute
ourselves with this negative environment but we pollute other people we caused
them to begin to think negative thoughts it's as if it can spread if we're not
careful no one wants to be around a complainer no one wants to be around a
fault binder we don't either so let's watch what
we're saying even though it may feel good for a time have we ever stopped
step back and thought but is it doing us any good is it really doing us any good
you see I was reading this study and I thought it was very interesting and
these researchers we're talking about the brain and the effects of the bond
the brain when we complain and it says that when we complain we literally
rewire our brain to complain you see our brain wants to take the path of least
resistance it wants to take the easy way out so it wants to repeat a pattern so
when you complain you learn to complain more you're wiring in this negative
pattern and so really what the researchers were saying is we're
training our own brains to complain I don't want to be a complainer I want to
be a person that has faith and hope yes we're all gonna have the opportunity
to complain because there's no perfect person there's no perfect spouse there's
no perfect job life is imperfect so we're not gonna get rid of the fact that
there are opportunities to complain but I want to suggest to us today to be
smarter than a complainer and to figure out a way to be the solution to the
problem to not just complain about the problem to find a way to act properly
when you feel negative and the first way is not to train your brain to complain
now the scripture is full of of stories and the scripture says that these
stories are placed here so that we can learn so that we can learn valuable
lessons for our own life so I want to quickly take us back to the Israelites
when God brought them out of Egypt he led them out by a man named Moses
we know this story they were led out of captivity by a leader named Moses and he
did it by God's command he was able to do it because God said I am taking my
people to a land that is rich with milk and honey
he called it the promised land now they had been quickly a captive under the the
barbaric hand of Pharaoh they had been mistreated and God says enough is enough
I'm taking my people out now have you been mistreated sometimes you come out
very with a victim mentality but God wanted to reverse this victim mentality
so you know what he had the Egyptians do Pharaoh and those people he had them
poor the wealth on the Israelites so when they left Egypt they didn't leave
with nothing they left with gold and silver and cattle they left well
equipped they left with the mindset of oh wow this is God because only God
could do that they got to the Red Sea and God parted the Red Sea they walked
through on dry land they were on their way to the promised land but as they got
on their way guess what they started some seeing some things
that could be done better they begin to look at Moses and think Moses really I
can do this better they begin to look at Aaron and question the leadership they
begin to complain and mumble and grumble you see they begin to plant complain
about their food and their water in their enemies but you know it's really
interesting in Deuteronomy 1 2 this is what it says it says when God was taking
them to the promised land he had already ordained to get them
there it was an eleven-day journey you see they left with more than enough
to get there in 11 days but it took him 40 years 40 years was it Moses that
stopped him was it their enemies that stopped him
was it the fact that they didn't have the right food that stopped him no what
they thought was their enemies the things they were complaining about the
things that they were blaming and pointing the finger at who wasn't their
enemy at all their number-one enemy was their own murmuring and complaining have
you ever thought that your own murmuring and complaining could limit your
thinking could literally stop you from going to the next level have you ever
thought how unhealthy it really is see I think if the Israelites could have read
the research that I read they would have said oh my gosh I'm direct training my
own brain to complain and that complaining is enemy number one enemy
number one I want to encourage us today if we can train our brain to complain we
can train our brain to see God and how he can work in a situation we can
literally train our brain to believe that God can do something you know God
is taking us all somewhere and can I tell you right now you have everything
you need right now to get to where God's taking you if God is leading you nothing
can stop you you see that's where the Israelites missed it they were looking
at the things the circumstances around them they forgot to look to their God
it's easy to blame it's easy to see out of these eyes but we've got to begin to
see out of our supernatural eyes the things unseen the hand of God behind the
scenes that's fighting our battles for us and keep our mouth closed
until we get there you see they complained about mana mana was the bread
that came down from heaven that God provided for them every single day now
granted they had this manna every single day and they tired of the manna have you
ever got tired of something every day I go to work every day I clean this house
every day I pick up my husband's socks you see they tired of this manna so they
begin to grumble and complain about this manna and it's so interesting that that
just took fire in the whole camp so they all started grumbling and complaining
and when you grumble and complain you know what happens attitudes come up out
of you that are not pleasing to God in fact grumbling and complaining can
literally change our perspective they started thinking about the food they
used to eat the onions and the leeks and the garlic they begin to take their mind
back to what they used to eat in captivity so much that that food became
more important than their freedom that food became more important than their
freedom instead of going to that manna every day and saying god I'm gonna eat
this until you change it but I am grateful that I am free I am grateful
that you are taking me somewhere see sometimes we all want something
bigger we want to go to the next level but we don't want to do it it takes to
get to that next level yeah I want a job promotion huh I want
this job promotion now I don't want to work any extra hours man if I could have
a husband my life would be complete I am waiting for my man I certainly don't
want to cook for him though we want things but we don't want what it takes
to have those things and this was their dilemma they wanted out of captivity God
says I'm taking you somewhere but they didn't want to face the trials until
they got there listen if you don't like what's going on in your life change is
coming change is coming change is coming change is coming but
you're not gonna find it by complaining and grumbling you're gonna find it now
stay in the course by being grateful see complaining finds the worst in the
situation not the best if you can train your mind to complain you can train your
mind to find the best listen to what it says in Philippians 2:14 this is kind of
the antidote for seeing the negative and figuring out what to do with it you can
see it's gonna get in there but what are you gonna do with it
don't give it life don't spread it don't ruin relationships don't stop your
destiny figure out what to do with it before you let it out and this is what
God is saying first of all he's commanding us do all things without
grumbling finding faults and complaining all right so there's one thing I can
recognize I'm not supposed to let it out what am I supposed to do with it God I
mean I'm only human right he says a little later in Philippians 4:5 he says
pray hey if you've got a complaint if you see something wrong
pray and ask God about it pray and ask God about it that's what you do with it
and then it says with Thanksgiving in your heart can you imagine if they would
have said Lord this man is getting a little old do you think you could send
some quail God thank you Father for this manner though and if you don't send some
quail I know you're getting me where I'm going but God I'm asking I'm asking you
for some quail you see if they would have sandwiched their request between
Thanksgiving I think we'd be reading a different story about them God would be
teaching us a different lesson about them don't weaken your faith by your
complaining strengthen it by your prayer by your petitions to God making your
requests known with Thanksgiving in your heart you see what they did is they left
what they had to chase after what they didn't have that's what complaining does
it doesn't say hey I'm grateful for what I have until I get more it says you know
what I don't care what I have I want more really that's what complaining does
and the scripture says that when they thought they were complaining to Moses
and Aaron they were really complaining about God
listen I'm guilty of complaining but you know what I'm gonna watch
because I know it's right up there with worries it isn't changing a thing it's
not doing a thing for me for my life it's only shrinking it limiting it and
not getting me to where I need to be let's don't be thought founders and
complainers let's be those who pray and petition God with Thanksgiving in our
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