COMPLAIN NOT : God's Providing Hand is Never Limited

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Child of God, yesterday must been your last day of complaining. 

Recently I engaged with believers and they were wondering why their prayers were not being answered yet they always prayed whenever they wanted something from God. Where they praying or complaining to God! The fact that they only prayed when they wanted what they never had was complaining and not praying. God does not reward complaints, He rewards the genuine demands for needs you make through Christ Jesus.

When you complain: You express dissatisfaction, tell your pains and ailments, show uneasiness and argue while spreading discouraging reports (Numbers 13:32 NLT), you censure and oppose or be rebellious, show resentment and disapproval, you express grief or find fault  or make empty accusations by showing you are not contented with whatever you have. Today I tell you to stop complaining and start demanding for all your needs through Christ Jesus and God will avail to you beyond your expected capacity. 

Make your demands only through Christ Jesus, for it is only Christ who pleases God and can plead on your behalf for you to attain all your needs. In the Bible (Colossians 1:15-23 NLT), Paul proclaims the Good News as to why you make your demand through Christ Jesus, He says:

"Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else,and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church,which is his body.He is the beginning,supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world..." (Colossians 1:15-23 NLT) 

Complaining is rejecting the Lord among you as you  express your discontentment to God that, Why did you let me leave the evil control where I seemed to be cared for yet you are failing to care for me! When you surrendered yourself to Christ you became children of light and as such you are expected to live and behave like children of the light behaving like Christ Jesus, and controlled by the power of God's Spirit and not otherwise. Paul in the Bible (Ephesians 4:1-4, 29-31; 5:1-4, 15-18 NKJV) encourages you of the same where he says:

"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with long suffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling." (Ephesians 4:1-4 NKJV)

"Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice." (Ephesians 4:29-31 NKJV)

"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.." (Ephesians 5:1-4 NKJV)

"See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit." (Ephesians 5:15-18 NKJV)

In the days of Moses, it was from Egypt where the LORD had directed Moses to lead His people, the Israelites out of Egypt. Along the way they never acted as the children of light, the Bible (Numbers 11:1, 10, 13, 17-18, 20, 33-34 NLT, Numbers 13:25-27, 31-33 NLT, Numbers 14:5-11 NLT) shows that instead of being thankful to God, they rather complained: 

Complaint is telling God, there is a limit to your power (Numbers 11:23 NLT). Complaining never brings to you what God has blessed and kept in store for you, instead when you complain to God, because of this greed expressed in your complaint, His anger is blazed against you. Since you will have acted not as expected as a citizen of Heaven- a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ (Philippians 1:27-30; 2:1-4 NLT): by your own act of complaining you prompt God to be angry at you and as a result God detaches you from the privileges his children receive (Philippians 2:1-3 NLT): God removes his encouragement that you get from belonging to Christ, God removes any comfort that you get from the love of Christ, God breaks the fellowship that units you in the Spirit for your hearts are not worthy of his Spirit as your hearts are no longer tender and sympathetic, for all you do is make God angry by disagreeing with him through your complaints, you are not humble as you only think about your own affairs.      

Much as the Egyptians had been rescued from Egypt, instead of appreciating, they complained. Like the Egyptians most of you, instead of appreciating what you have been given, all you do is look for faults and express discontentment. Just as this annoys the person from whom you receive, you annoy God even more. In the Bible (Philippians 2:14-16 NKJV) Paul says:

"Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast the word of life..." (Philippians 2:14-16 NKJV)

Complaining is not a fruit of the children worthy of being called the belonging of Christ Jesus and the belonging of God. Instead of worshiping God and demand for the meat through worship, the Israelites preferred to complain - this was idolatry. When you complain you loose everything the LORD would have kept for you in store- in effect you suffer a gag (Numbers 11:20 NLT) of destruction in all forms of - starvation - thirst - short life - no productivity - sickness - and death. From the old times God had already promised you the best as his child and now your impatience by your complaint has disapproved of God's capacity to deliver his promise, your disbelief leaves you to chess for the wind unless you purify your self through Christ Jesus. The Bible (Exodus 23:25-26 NIV) reminds you, and expresses to you through Moses what God already had in store for you before you started complaining, to Moses who God spoke to on your behalf, God calls upon you to:

"Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I (God) will take away sickness from among you, and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I (God) will give you a full life span." (Exodus 23:25-26 NIV)

Complaining causes you to quarrel, fight as it fills you up with evil desires of all sorts of jealousy (James 4:1-2 NLT). The Bible (Colossians 4:2-3 NLT) says that the reason you do not get what you want is that you do not ask God for it. Asking God is doing it through worship, through Christ Jesus. Asking God through means other than Christ Jesus is rebelling against God and as such you can not receive from God with such mockery of likening Him with what He is not and asking from him through ways He has not approved of. Asking from Gd with an evil attitude is disobedience and God never rewards disobedience or someone who comes to Him with a greedy and evil motive as such is not just idolatry, but rather rejection, and rebellion.

Complaining is rebelling against God and discouraging (Numbers 13:32 NLT, Exodus 23:1 NLT) other believers with your remarks. How long do you think you will keep complaining and rejecting God? You must have ended it yesterday as complaining is rejecting (Numbers 14:1-12 NLT) God. This is idolatry, it is failing to believe that God's word as said always comes true (Numbers 11:23 NLT), it is failing to believe in the miracles shown (Numbers 14:11 NLT) to you to believe God, it is telling God to disown you and destroy you (Numbers 14:12 NLT), it is adamantly failing to listen (Numbers 14:22 NlT), it is contempt (Numbers 14:23 NLT) with lack of vision - for complaining is being lost to everything and more so lost to God. Repent now, forgive all you had a grudge on, return to Christ, make your demands through Christ Jesus and your humbleness and loyalty (Numbers 14:24 NLT) will win God's mercy and provision for all your needs.

Therefore, start all over now, repent and submit yourself to Christ afresh (James 4:7 NLT) and live the new life free of complaints as a follower of Christ Jesus Should (Colossians 3:5 NLT): Put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with any impurity, lust and shameful foolish complaining desires. Do not be greedy for the good things of this world and the evil life you live as such craving is idolatry. When you start all over by giving your life to Christ and for this matter God, everything else does not matter, what matters is you will have belonged to Christ again and all your wrongs of complaining will have been written off by God for Christ is all that matters and once we surrender to Him He lives in all of us (Colossians 3:11 NLT). So cloth yourself with a new attitude (Colossians 3:10 NLT) of not complaining such that your choice will continually be renewed as you learn more and more about Christ, who will have enabled the creation of the attitude of refusing to complain within you. 

Since God has chosen you, as you submit yourself to Christ Jesus for forgiveness and you are forgiven from all complaints, what is needed more of you is to keep close to God and as such you must reject complaining (Colossians 3:12-16 NLT) and do the following: Be full of a tender heart, mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, make allowance for the faults of those who hurt you and forgive them since through Christ Jesus you too are forgiven and be appreciative, always be happy (1 Thessalonians 5:16 NLT) and loving, live in peace and unity (1 Thessalonians 5:15 NLT), always be thankful, follow the words of Christ and allow yourself live in them as a basis for your counsel. 

The Bible (1 Thessalonians 5:21-24 NLT), encourages you through Paul that, Instead of complaining test everything that is said and Hold on to what is good. Keep away from every form of complaint as you will be rejecting God. That way the peace that comes from God will be upon you in every way, you have all your needs availed to your cup - plate - and health. Believe in God now, start worshiping him and never will you complain again. COMPLAIN NOT now and you will testify that God's hand is never limited. God bless you. Let now pray;

Pray and intercede for all the people you know that are complaining, pray for yourself as well if you too have just been complaining.

As you pray repent and let the Lord Christ Jesus plead for you for the fact that you foolishly sinned (Numbers 12:11 NIV), recognize that God's power is great, recognize that the LORD is slow to anger and rich in unfailing love and forgiving to every kind of sin and rebellion, recognize that God does not leave sin unpunished that he punishes children for the sins of their parents to the 3rd and 4th generation (Numbers 14:18 NIV), so stop complaining, you should have stopped yesterday. 

LORD I pray in the name of our Lord Christ Jesus, Please pardon the sins of these people that have lived their lives complaining. Just as you first forgave them because of your magnificent, unfailing love by allowing your only son Christ Jesus to  die for them on the Cross from which his death and resurrection over powered the power and control of sin over them, even now I believe you have forgiven them. Thank you LORD for pardoning them, in the mighty name of Christ Jesus my personal Lord and Savior, I have prayed, Amen.    

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SCRIPTURES (Your Bible for the this Publication):

1 Thessalonians 5:15-16, 21-24  Holy Bible, New Living Translation 

15_See that no one pays back evil for evil, but always try to do good to each other and to all people.

16_Always be joyful. 21_but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good. 22_Stay away from every kind of evil.

  

Paul’s Final Greetings 

23_Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again. 24_God will make this happen, for he who calls you is faithful.

 

Colossians 1:15-23  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

15_Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,[a] 16_for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth.He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17_He existed before anything else,and he holds all creation together. 18_Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead.[b] So he is first in everything. 19_For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, 20_and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross. 21_This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions. 22_Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, and you are holy and blameless as you stand before him without a single fault. 23_But you must continue to believe this truth and stand firmly in it. Don’t drift away from the assurance you received when you heard the Good News. The Good News has been preached all over the world, and I, Paul, have been appointed as God’s servant to proclaim it.

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 15: Or He is the firstborn of all creation.

[b]. Verse 18: Or the firstborn from the dead.

Colossians 3:5, 10-16  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

5_So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 10_Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him. 11_In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,[a] circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized,[b] slave, or free. Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. 12_Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13_Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14_Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 15_And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. 16_Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts.

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 11: Greek a Greek.

[b]. Verse 11: Greek Barbarian, Scythian.

Colossians 4:2-3  Holy Bible, New Living Translation 

An Encouragement for Prayer 

2_Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. 3_Pray for us, too, that God will give us many opportunities to speak about his mysterious plan concerning Christ. That is why I am here in chains.

Ephesians 4:1-4, 29-31  Holy Bible, New King James Version

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Ephesians 5:1-4, 15-18  Holy Bible, New King James Version 

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Exodus 23:1  Holy Bible, New Living Translation 

A Call for Justice 

1_“You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand. 

 

Exodus 23:25-26  Holy Bible, New International Version

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James 4:1-2, 7  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

Drawing Close to God 

1_What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come from the evil desires at war within you? 2_You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it. 3_And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure. 4_You adulterers! [a] Don’t you realize that friendship with the world makes you an enemy of God? I say it again: If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 4: Greek You adulteresses!

Numbers 11:1, 10-13, 17-18, 20-24, 33-34  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

The People Complain to Moses  

1_Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the LORD heard everything they said. Then the LORD’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp. 10_Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the LORD became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated. 11_And Moses said to the LORD, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people? 12_Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors? 13_Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 17_I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone. 18_“And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining, and the LORD heard you when you cried, “Oh, for some meat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it. 20_You will eat it for a whole month until you gag and are sick of it. For you have rejected the LORD, who is here among you, and you have whined to him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’” 21_But Moses responded to the LORD, “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!’ 22_Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?” 23_Then the LORD said to Moses, “Has my arm lost its power? Now you will see whether or not my word comes true!” 24_So Moses went out and reported the LORD’s words to the people. He gathered the seventy elders and stationed them around the Tabernacle.[a]

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 24: Hebrew the tent; also in 11:26.

33_But while they were gorging themselves on the meat—while it was still in their mouths—the anger of the LORD blazed against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague. 34_So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.

Numbers 12:11  Holy Bible, New International Version

11_and he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed.  

Numbers 13:25-27, 31-33  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

The Scouting Report 

25_After exploring the land for forty days, the men returned 26_to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the wilderness of Paran. They reported to the whole community what they had seen and showed them the fruit they had taken from the land. 27_This was their report to Moses: “We entered the land you sent us to explore, and it is indeed a bountiful country—a land flowing with milk and honey. Here is the kind of fruit it produces. 31_But the other men who had explored the land with him disagreed. “We can’t go up against them! They are stronger than we are!” 32_So they spread this bad report about the land among the Israelites: “The land we traveled through and explored will devour anyone who goes to live there. All the people we saw were huge. 33_We even saw giants [a] there, the descendants of Anak. Next to them we felt like grasshoppers, and that’s what they thought, too!”

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 33: Hebrew nephilim.

Numbers 14:1-12  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

The People Rebel 

1_Then the whole community began weeping aloud, and they cried all night. 2_Their voices rose in a great chorus of protest against Moses and Aaron. “If only we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!” they complained. 3_“Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and our little ones will be carried off as plunder! Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4_Then they plotted among themselves, “Let’s choose a new leader and go back to Egypt!” 5_Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the whole community of Israel. 6_Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing. 7_They said to all the people of Israel, “The land we traveled through and explored is a wonderful land! 8_And if the LORD is pleased with us, he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us. It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey. 9_Do not rebel against the LORD, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don’t be afraid of them!” 10_But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tabernacle. [a] 11_And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? 12_I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!”

Footnotes:

[a]. Verse 10: Hebrew the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 14:18  Holy Bible, New International Version

18_‘The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’ 

Philippians 1:27-30  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

Live as Citizens of Heaven 

27_Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing together with one spirit and one purpose, fighting together for the faith, which is the Good News. 28_Don’t be intimidated in any way by your enemies. This will be a sign to them that they are going to be destroyed, but that you are going to be saved, even by God himself. 29_For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him. 30_We are in this struggle together. You have seen my struggle in the past, and you know that I am still in the midst of it.

Philippians 2:1-4  Holy Bible, New Living Translation

Have the Attitude of Christ

1_Is there any encouragement from belonging to Christ? Any comfort from his love? Any fellowship together in the Spirit? Are your hearts tender and compassionate? 2_Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working together with one mind and purpose. 3_Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4_Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

Philippians 2:14-16  Holy Bible, New King James Version

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