Can't Complain!

"How ya doin' today, George?" I asked. "Can't complain," he replied.

Have you ever had such a conversation? Interestingly, we often say "can't complain" but then we go ahead and do it! The Israelites were good ones for complaining.

"And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord." (Numbers11:1)


It is so easy for us to forget all the benefits and privileges we have in God. His mercy and grace are unending, and His love is total and unconditional. He knows our every need and desire, and He alone knows and provides what is truly good and best for us. But we often forget that and become impatient when we don't understand what God is doing in our lives.

The next time you hear yourself, like the Israelites, tempted to complain, stop right there and thank God for all He's done in your life so far, and all He will do before He calls you home. He knows you best, and knows what's best. Don't complain - trust Him.

May our lives not be marked by Numbers 11:1, but rather by 1 Timothy 6:6 " But godliness with contentment is great gain." Or even better, Hebrews 13:6 " Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

Truly we can't complain when we learn to be content in Him.