Murmur Not

Main Verse: Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. John 6:43

Song to meditate on: Show me your Way – Darlene Zschech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvOuEVA2h2Q)

        

Recently at church my Pastor prayed and spoke about the spirit of murmuring. He reminded us that the Bible commands us in John 6:43 not to murmur. As such I began reflecting and doing some research on the topic.

Murmur according to the KJV Dictionary is “A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice.” And a murmurer is “One who murmurs; one who complains sullenly; a grumbler.”

Notice that the complaint is half suppressed or uttered in a low voice, it therefore means that a murmurer does not make a full or formal complaint, they probably just grumble and complain in secret to a friend or maybe to everyone except who the complaint is to be made to. Often this leads to gossip and misconceptions about the situation or person the complaint is being made about and does not solve anything.

I also realized that most times murmurs are usually because something is not going the way the person wants it to go, not necessarily because something is wrong with what is happening. This can be a result of some selfish agenda on the path of the murmurer. If we look back at scripture we see where the Jews complained or murmured because the behavior of Jesus was not according to what they thought it should be. For e.g. the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matt. 20:1–16). They murmured because they had worked all day while others who had worked for a much shorter period received the same wages. They had received their just due but they still murmured. The scribes and Pharisees murmured against the disciples of Jesus because they ate and drank with publicans and sinners but they were really striking out at Jesus (Luke 5:29–32). They did not care that the publicans and sinners needed Jesus. They were only concerned with their personal agenda. The Jews murmured about Jesus because He said He was the bread of life (John 6:41). Instead of investigating His claim in an effort to know the truth, they murmured.

Now let us look at our own lives, we often murmur when we do not believe that things are going the way we perceive it to be. We murmur about jobs, our relationships, church, the country etc.

Ladies you may be experiencing something right now and you are murmuring because you cannot deal with the situation and you do not believe that it should be going the way it. I encourage you to stop murmuring and remember that God’s thoughts are higher than ours and his ways are also higher than ours. As such whatever you are going through is God preparing you for something bigger. “Murmuring blinds your eyes to the possibilities that God has for you.”

Therefore despite what you are going through whisper these words today “I cannot Lord thy purpose but all is well that’s done by thee.”  Ladies hope thou in God, He is indeed the author and finisher of our faith.”

Have A God Filled Day Ladies.

Let’s Pray:

Oh Lord, thank you for another day. Help us not to murmur instead put our hope in you.

In Jesus Name

Amen.