FBC Gridley

American people are hard to satisfy. We are accustomed to such a high standard of living that we are really spoiled. The attitude of entitlement is such an offensive trait in many people. 

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We have such an unrealistic view of what life is supposed to be that we feel cheated when it’s less than perfect. As a result, we do more complaining and griping, maybe, than any people ever on the face of the earth.

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I think most of our complaining is really an expression of ingratitude—the gnawing feeling that life has shortchanged us somehow. What the Bible calls murmuring is one of the most grievous sins of our day.

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The children of Israel provide a relevant example of people who became almost obsessed with complaining and who really ruined their relationship with God because of their griping. I want you to look at several illustrations from the Old Testament about how they complained and about some of the characteristics each of those incidents reveal.

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So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.

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When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.) So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?” 

Exodus 15:22-24