Complaining
Whachoo complainin about NOW ?!? Is there a day goes by that we’re not complaining about something ? I’m sure the people around us don’t wanna hear it and I know God’s tired of hearing our complaints. Y’ ever wonder why some people complain more than others ? You ever wonder why some people seem discontented most every day … when some others hardly ever speak a negative word ? There’s several “excuses”, but only one “reason”. Complaining comes from an ungrateful heart. Nothing’s ever good enough…it’s always someone else’s fault…the world’s against us and if we don’t get our way we’re gonna make everybody else’s life miserable. It all originates in our “HEART”. Jesus said,” What comes out of a man is what makes him unclean. For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man unclean” ( Mark 7:20-23 ). We may wanna argue with Jesus and tell him , “ Well, you just don’t know how much I put up with” … “ If you had to live with him/her you’d complain too” … “ I’m mistreated and you want me to just take it !??” … and Jesus would remind all of us, “ You can’t let your happiness, or lack of, or your circumstances, cause you to react in ways that dishonor Me. You are to live holy lives, because I am holy. Constant complaining, arguing and causing disunity aren’t My ways…and they’re not fruits of My Spirit” ( 1 Peter 1:16; Galatians 5:16-23 ). People and circumstances are deceitful …but it’s our heart that’s gonna PROVE what’s gonna come out of us. If our “HEART CONDITION” is caustic , it’s not God’s fault… He supplies us a NEW heart when we’ve surrendered to Christ by faith ( Ezekiel 36:26; Proverbs 3:5-6 ). If there’s never been a true “SURRENDERING”, then there’s NEVER gonna be a new heart ! Period !! If we’ve been “born again”, what sense would it make if we remain the same as before our confession ?!? If and when we get to the point that we’re sick and tired of being sick and tired…tired of complaining and making life miserable for those around us…all we’ve gotta do is SURRENDER to Jesus our everything. That’s the main problem with Christians today … we all wanna go to heaven when we die and we all want God’s blessings and favor, but we don’t wanna surrender our “ALL” to Him. We wanna call the shots and we wanna use God as our personal 911 service . Allowing Him to be the “LORD” of our lives takes GUTS. Trusting Him with our health , our finances , our families , our job situations, our future and our provisions starts right there in our HEART ! If our hearts are impure , then ONLY GOD can fix it. Unless we let Him, we’re gonna go on like we’ve always been. Jesus ain’t wantin to be just our Savior and Friend… He’s GOTTA be our LORD if He’s ever goin t’ CHANGE us. And our faith walk can’t be just at our “acceptance speech”… It’s a lifetime of being SANCTIFIED…being “made holy”. If we’re neglecting our Bible study , our corporate worship , our prayer times and opportunities to share our faith with others , and putting into practice what The Spirit desires to use us for… then we’ve taken a stance against GOD. He tells us clearly , “ If you’re not with Me, then you’re against Me” ( Luke 11:23 ). See ? There’s no mention of a “middle ground”. Stubbornness , foolish pride, a controlling spirit , an argumentative attitude and a complaining heart … yall, these aren’t things that display the life of our Lord and Savior ! It takes more effort to draw and loose that hurtful arrow , than it does to lay it at Jesus ‘ feet and submit to HIS will and let HIM handle it.