Discussion Questions
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In this lesson we learned that the Israelites complained a lot during their time in the wilderness—they weren’t satisfied with God’s provision. What can you learn from this that could help you process life’s difficulties more effectively?
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I can lear from the complaining Israelites that I should be grateful to God for His grace and benefits. God provides for me and He promises to take care and be with His people forever. Therefore, I have to trust Him in all situations because He does not go back on His promises. God never fails us.
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True trust and submission to God. When one relies on God and not on self you can find even joy in the midst of suffering. When the believer is weakest and smallest that is when the faith and reliance on God grows strongest and deeper. God does not forsake His own. Yahweh, the Existing One (not meaning Lord as the lecture stated), will neither leave nor forsake a believer, and nothing is outside His view even the sparrows and aren’t His children more valuable than they? Complaining is sin, contentment is faith.
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I can remind myself that often it is easy to look at the things we are unhappy with in our live or the things we don’t have. When we focus our eyes on those things, instead of the blessings and provisions of the Lord, we tend to grumble and complain. I need to remember that I don’t see the whole picture in my life and all that the Lord is doing in me at that time. I need to trust he is working for my good and that I should focus my mind of how he is providing in numerous ways.
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As humans we are inclined to whine a great deal – some with a loaf of bread in each hand! It is far better to practice patience and also to wait in God’s presence for that which He wants us to have or not have.
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I need to trust God – His provision, protection are sufficient even in times of stress, trial, or sadness. And I need to be always thankful for His blessings at all times. I need to have faith in Him in all things, and not complain when times get strained or tough for me.
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Israel failed to enter the Promised Land as planned because of their mistakes. How do you respond when life doesn’t go as you planned?
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I do not plan. Because of my job, things change on a dime and never go as planned so I have learned to be very flexible.
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While not always the case, I trust in God’s plan. While I can’t see the end goal, God does and I want to trust that He is bringing my family to the place where we need to be, for reasons that we might not know for years or ever. I look at the positive in a situation and try to find what God is teaching me.
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Life often doesn’t go as one would like it to go and therefore my plans have to be adjusted to the issue at hand and be taken out of my comfort zone and i fight it every time!
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Again, I must admit that this is a work in progress. There was a time in my life when life seemed so “perfect”, and I was so happy. As a follower of Christ, I am still learning that if things are going really well with you, you are probably going in the wrong direction with the wrong leader. I lost so much in a relatively short time and ended up a poor, but honest widow back in my hometown, which is where God wanted me to be, and, essentially living just above subsistence but I am learning patience and real love and real friendship. I have embraced poverty with glee but I am so very rich in the Lord.
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They didnt enter for fear of the sons of anak. Fear and terror can stop us in our tracks but, we have to press on in trust at all cost.