Anatomy of a Complaint

by Ptr. Samson Uytanlet Sometimes we have to complain, because complaints can be necessary. Complaints allow those in authority to take action and change what needs to be changed. Complaints about us also allow us to see ourselves with new eyes, and change ourselves for the better. But some complaints are unnecessary. Let us look at Numbers 11-12, and examine four types of unnecessary complaints. 1. Numbers 11:1 The people became like those who complain of adversity, as if something evil had happened to them, as if the Lord has done something to them.  The Lord’s anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. In the ten […]