Grumbling And Complaining: A Lack of Faith?

Are you ready to GRUMBLE?
We don't need much encouragement to do that do we?
It comes naturally to us as fallen human beings.
But as Christ followers, we have not only a choice, but the power to make the RIGHT choice.
You know.
Trade in grumbling and complaining for thanksgiving and faith.
It's so often "the road less taken".
Author Larry Kreider tackles this issue in his book "Speak Lord I'm Listening" (Regal):
"Thankfulness is an act of worship. Here's God's general will for you:
(1 Thessalonians 5:18) "give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you."

Thankfulness keeps our ears and mind open to God's voice. The Bible says we are to thank God IN everything, not FOR everything. That means that no matter what is going on, we are not to complain, murmur, grumble, or find fault. God doesn't want to hear us grumbling because grumbling is evidence that we have no faith in His ability to make things better."

A good word.
A convicting word.
It's all summed up IN a word in fact.
Worship!
We can think about who God is and what He's done for us.
We can keep our eyes on Jesus.
We can overcome the temptation to grumble and complain.

(Philippians 2:14-16) "Do all things without grumbling or questioning, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain."