Passage Read: Numbers 8-11
Meditation Verses: 11:33-34
Thought
The rabble among the Israelites were greedy for meat, so they complained against the Lord and stirred up the rest of the people to complain against the Lord too. And the Lord, in His anger, promised them a month of meat, until they got sick of it. The Lord grants some of our evil requests, as punishment, but the rabble that stirred up all this complaining, they were killed with a plague while the meat was still between their teeth. It is wrong to stir up discontent within the people of God, especially when the discontent is directed at the Lord Himself. God may grant the request of the people, but they won't be satisfied for long. And those who stir up trouble, God is able to target and destroy them from the people. So it's not good to be the one who finds fault with the circumstances God has established for His people. The complainer gets destroyed; the one who follows the complainer hopefully learns that discontent is pointless.
Application
There's always something that I can complain about, but when I get what want, I still won't be content. And I'll make myself an enemy of God when I start the complaining about the next thing. The only real solution is to be content whatever my circumstances. No matter how good or bad, the Lord is taking care of my needs, and I should always be grateful to Him.