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Our world has issues.
2. The truth is you do not have to look too hard to find something to grumble about.
3. And with things as bad as they are right now, do you find yourself grumbling more than you have before?
4. Is grumbling something you are grappling with?
5. If so, God has a solution.
6. This evening, we are going to look at the nature of this wrestling match and discover how to Grapple with Grumbling and win.

Exodus 16:1-12

Context
1. God led Israel out of Egypt with a mighty hand and manifested His glorious presence in a visible way with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night after He devastated Egypt with ten plagues. (13:21-22)
2. At the Red Sea, God defeated Pharaoh’s army. To celebrate God’s victory, Moses led Israel in a victory song, praising the Lord for His defeat of the Egyptians. (15:1-21)
3. But their victory song was quickly replaced three days later by a song of grumbling at a place called Marah, where they discovered the water was undrinkable.
4. Israel grumbled against God, but He graciously met their needs by sweetening the water so that they could drink and be refreshed.
5. Afterwards, God led Israel to Elim where they enjoyed the 12 springs of water and the 70 date palms; enough to satisfy Israel’s needs.
6. Now, it is important to point out that Israel had been in Egypt for 430 years, forced into slavery and immersed into the culture and religion of the Land of the Pharaohs.
7. In many ways, when it came to Israel’s spiritual maturity, they were infants. So, God had to carefully teach them what it meant to trust Him and follow Him.
8. To do so, God used obstacles and setbacks as object lessons to help Israel grow in their faith. God wanted Israel to know that:
a. The Lord their God would meet their needs.
b. The Lord their God knew where He was going and what He was doing.
9. At Marah, God promised that if Israel would Listen, Believe, and Obey His commands He would bless them.
10. How long did Israel Listen, Believe, and Obey God’s command to trust Him? About a month.

Transition – In order to Grapple with Grumbling and win, we must understand the nature of the problem.

I. Grumbling is a Choice (1-3)

• And grumbling can easily become a habit, a way of responding to the world.
• Spiritually speaking, it will change your DNA.

A. Grumbling has a predictable pattern
1. Israel had been free from slavery for 45 days.
2. But Israel was still enslaved, and the wilderness revealed the nature of their struggle.
3. First, in that day travelers typically brought 30 days of supplies.
a. Israel had plenty of food because they plundered Egypt when they left. (12:35-36)
b. But some supplies were probably running low.
4. Second, Israel was in the wilderness; a hot, rugged, desolate place with little or no access to water or food.
5. So, what did Israel do? They grumbled.
a. Here the word grumbled is a unique word that means “rebellion.” (2)
b. It is used eight times in these 12 verses.
c. The repetition in the Hebrew language in significant. Whenever a Hebrew word is repeated, it is intended to emphasize a point.
d. What is the point? Israel was rebelling against God because Israel did not trust God.
e. When Israel grumbled, they were literally casting a “vote of no confidence.”

ILLUS – A Complaining Monk

APPL – Have you ever met a grumbler?
• It is always something. It is never good enough.
• They are never satisfied, and they want everyone to know it.
Mark Twain once said, “Don’t complain and talk about all your problems. 80% of people don’t care; the other 20% will think you deserve them.”

• The truth is, when a person grumbles it is a revelation of what is in their heart.

Matthew 15:18, But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.


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