Temple of Solomon

Complaint vs Vision

I was meditating about the children of Israel when they left Egypt God promised to take them to the a good land but as soon as they left Egypt some of them began to complain:

1. Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness?... "For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians..." Ex 14:11
2. The people complained " What shall we drink"? Ex 15:24
3. No bread and no meat to eat. "We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and the garlic..."  Numbers 11: 4,5, Ex 16:4.

There were still many other times that they complained but i believe that what really made God to give up on them, was when they totally lost the vision.  We see it when the spies brought back a bad report:

"There we saw the giants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” Numbers 13:33

They saw themselves small before their enemies, in spite of all God had done, they were still complaining and trying to appoint a leader to go back to Egypt. 

God could not take it anymore and only allowed Joshua and Caleb to enter the land for they had a different spirit (Vision) they saw the giants as their bread. Numbers 14:9

Paul warned: Do not complain, as some of them also complained and were destroyed by the destroyer.

When we don't have vision, we complain about everything and we will end up destroyed.
Stop complaining.
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A Message for the Pastors

"And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks? You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool; you slaughter the fatlings, but you do not feed the flock. The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them. So they were scattered because there was no shepherd; and they became food for all the beasts of the field when they were scattered. My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill; yes, My flock was scattered over the whole face of the earth, and no one was seeking or searching for them. ”
 ‘Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord : “ As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely because My flock became a prey, and My flock became food for every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, nor did My shepherds search for My flock, but the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock”— therefore, O shepherds, hear the word of the Lord ! Thus says the Lord God : “Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My flock at their hand; I will cause them to cease feeding the sheep, and the shepherds shall feed themselves no more; for I will deliver My flock from their mouths, that they may no longer be food for them.” (Ezekiel 34:1-10 NKJV)