Walking in fear leads to unbelief and complaining is the language of unbelief!
Complaining only comes out of the heart that has a lordship challenge, a lordship issue. Where the lordship of Jesus Christ is being compromised, complaining will be the evidence. Complaining is the language of fear and unbelief. Nobody complains when they see GOD’S role in the middle of their situation.
Consider Joseph! For about 13 years, he was incarcerated. This time spent was to remove worldliness, entitlement, and prepare his character so that he could walk in his calling. Complaining would not shorten the time of preparation. Instead, he embraced the time and rose to influence within the prison.
Moses recorded by The Holy Spirit in Exodus chapter 14:
13 And Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.
14 The LORD will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
After this prophecy, Moses is interceding to THE LORD.
15 And the LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to Me? Tell the children of Israel to go forward.
Once the prophecy comes forth, they were to go forward, trusting in the prophecy, i.e., The Word of THE LORD. GOD told Moses to quit crying and take action.
16 But lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.
17 And I indeed will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. So I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, his chariots, and his horsemen.
18 Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
You and I are to go forward rather than complain about our current circumstances. We are not to be moved by the chaos around us but walk through to the other side.
19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud went from before them and stood behind them.
As they went forward, The Lord led the way, and the angel of GOD protected them from behind.
What was the result?
20 So it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel. Thus it was a cloud and darkness to the one, and it gave light by night to the other, so that the one did not come near the other all that night.
THE LORD protected the children of Israel and did not allow the Egyptians to overtake them. There were two manifestations at the same time: darkness and light, a cloud in one case, fire in another. The workings and dealings of GOD have everything in the world to do with our heart’s condition. Do we say, “GOD prove it to me” or do we say, “No matter what You say, my answer is ‘Yes’”.
Are we going to stop complaining and move forward based on what The Holy Spirit is telling us to do? We have been warned about what is ahead in these last days of the last days.
Jesus Himself spoke in Matthew chapter 24:
4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you.
5 For many will come in My Name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.
6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My Name’s sake.
10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another.
11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
12 And because lawlessness will abound, the Love of many will grow cold.
13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14 And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Let us not complain but move forward and fulfill HIS mandate to preach The Gospel with signs and wonders following.