1On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. 2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
“Human nature can never be reduced to a more abject state in this world than that in which the body is enthralled by political slavery, and the soul debased by the influence of sin. These poor Hebrews were both slavesand sinners, and were therefore capable of the meanest and most disgraceful acts.” (Clarke)
Singing to complaining, grumbling.......
They had only been on the journey about a month and the food supplies were dwindling. They hadn’t slaughtered any cattle and only anticipated hunger, not experienced it!
In Clarke’s commentary he says the body is enthralled by political slavery and the soul debased by the influence of sin...therefore capable of the meanest and most disgraceful acts.
Eventually their sin will keep them out of the Promised Land.
The Lord will eventually become fed up with their grumbling.
When you walk through life today try being thankful for your blessings instead of grumbling. When things go wrong be thankful and pray because of the things that went right.
Look towards the positive not the negative and eventually your countenance will change. People around you will see His light in you and will be drawn to it, wanting to know how to “get some” and it will open the door for evangelism.
Stop grumbling and be His light!
Blessings, David
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