I just typed my online devotional for July. I was reminded again of how our complaining displeases the Lord. Our complaints are often rooted in broken expectations. We think we know how a situation should go but our expectations are dashed.

We bury our resentment and forget about it. Then when adversity comes, our resentment surfaces and voices itself through complaining. Numbers 11:1 says, “Now when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused…”

What was the root of their complaining? Comparison that led to discontent. They looked back to some foods they ate in the past. However, they forgot the fact that they were enslaved to the Egyptians. Once they looked back, their thoughts snowballed into a cascade of negativity. They only saw their lack. They disregarded God’s miraculous provision through the daily manna.