Exodus15:24 So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, "what are we to drink?" NIV
CHARACTER REFINERY(A)
Years back, I watched a film titled: Roots. It is the story of how slave merchants captured a teenage boy from Gambia to America. It is the true life story of Kinta Kunteh. In the slave camp, murmuring, grumbling&rebellion was a common character among the slaves. The rebellious action of Kinta Kunteh led to the amputation of his feet by his slave masters. He became bitter towards them and passed it on to generations after him. The black race especially the African Americans still have that subtle bitterness in them against the whites till date.
One of the reasons for the wilderness experience is to refine our character. The Israelites were slaves for many years in Egypt. One character that is common to people who have had inhumane treatment is bitterness, murmuring&rebellion. God knew they couldn't enter into the promised land with that character, He took them through the wilderness so that He can deal with that character. In Exodus16:2, they murmured and we were told that the destroyer( devil) destroyed some of them(Israelites) because they murmured, 1Cor10:10.
What God was trying to deal with in their lives ended up destroying them because they failed to submit to His dealings in their lives. There are habits&characters that may destroy you when you climb the ladder glory; the reason why God has permitted some delay in your life is because He knows that some character/habits can bring you down from the ladder of glory if not dealt with. What Samson failed to deal with brought him down and destroyed him. Some singles are praying for a life partner but what can destroy their marriage resides in them, yet they wonder why God is silent on their matter. God is not interested in failed marriages. Let God use this trying times to work on you and refine your character so that we can speak like Jesus who said: For the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Father, take me to your refinery and refine my character through the word and by your Spirit In Jesus name.