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Monday... God hears everything we say but that may not always be a good thing.

Numbers 11:1 (NLT) says, "Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said." And then it said, "Then the Lord's anger blazed against them."

I love being a parent and I love being a grandparent but dealing with immaturity has its frustrations and I know that can be true with our heavenly Father. He knows what is best for us and he gives us more than we deserve but we still complain. 

Here the children of Israel were complaining about the food that God was giving them. They wanted more variety. He was supplying their needs but they wanted him to supply their wants. We think we know best but he is the one who really does. They were tired of the manna, they wanted meat.

Verses 31 (NLT), "Now the Lord sent a wind that brought quail from the sea and let them fall all around the camp." He gave them more than enough. It was an unbelievable miracle but it goes on. Verse 33, "But when they were gorging themselves on the meat-while it was still in their mouths- the anger of the Lord blazed against them with a sever plague"

Now we have been gorging ourselves in so many ways haven't we? It just hasn't been enough. I don't know if this plague we are going through has come from God but he has allowed it. Somehow we need to repent of our dissatisfaction and our complaining and turn to God in gratitude for all that he has done for us. 

We probably need a revival of gratitude, don't we? We need to quit our complaining. 

Now it is interesting that two chapters down, God is giving them the opportunity to go into their Promised Land but 10 of the leaders out of 12 said no because they were afraid of what it would take to possess the Land. We want what we want but we don't want what God wants because we don't want to make the effort. We don't want to wear our masks, we don't want to do whatever else is needed for us to get through this. 

Again, we probably need a revival of gratitude! David says in Psalm 35:27 & 28 (MSG), "God is great-everything works together for good for his servant. I'll tell the world how great and good you are, I'll shout Hallelujah all day, every day." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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