Lately I've been doing a lot of complaining to God in my prayers. I hate the state of my life at the moment. I keep asking God when He'll deliver me from this state, but it's not yielding any results. It's led me to wonder if maybe I shouldn't complain so much.
In an article online, Dale A. Robbins says a few things about complaining to God:
I've certainly found this to be true in my life lately. My life is a mess right now but I'm not doing anything to make it better. I keep complaining to God and wondering why he never delivers me from my suffering.
Robbins mentions the Israelites and how they kept complaining while they were in the Wilderness. They never realised that they were in the Wilderness for a reason. The reason they spent such a long time in the Wilderness was because they never learnt their lesson.
I also came across some articles that were for complaining. Richard Rohr talks about a lamentation prayer, which is when we sit and speak out to God and one another without knowing what to pray for. He says it might actually be the most honest form of prayer.
Isn't complaining to God a little like a lamentation prayer? We tell God about our sufferings and cry out to him from our hearts?
A sermon found online talks about our fears. We must place our fears before God, and how do we place our fears before him? By complaining of course. God already knows what's in our hearts before we tell Him. Isn't complaining just telling God what's in our hearts?
The sermon refers to Psalm 142 and talks about David. David brings a complaint to God. He is complaining to the right person. When something goes wrong in our lives and we feel distressed, we should go to the person who was in charge of making us feel that way. If we are distressed about our lives, is God the person to complain to? Or ourselves?
The sermon refers to God as the management, but I believe that sometimes we suffer because of our own mistakes. We can complain all we want to God, but maybe He won't always deliver us from our sufferings, not because He doesn't love us but because He wants to see us pull ourselves out of our own mess.
So what are your thoughts on complaining? Should we be complaining to God? Or should we only be thankful and grateful in our prayers?
I believe that when something is wrong, we can complain to God, but we shouldn't spend too much of our time complaining to God. I've discovered recently that my prolonged period of complaining to God was actually letting in a lot of negatives into my life, and changed my attitude on life. I became a bitter fool who complained about the smallest things.
In an article online, Dale A. Robbins says a few things about complaining to God:
- Complaining is evidence of unbelief
- Complaining gives place to the Devil
- Complaining is not for Christians
I've certainly found this to be true in my life lately. My life is a mess right now but I'm not doing anything to make it better. I keep complaining to God and wondering why he never delivers me from my suffering.
Robbins mentions the Israelites and how they kept complaining while they were in the Wilderness. They never realised that they were in the Wilderness for a reason. The reason they spent such a long time in the Wilderness was because they never learnt their lesson.
I also came across some articles that were for complaining. Richard Rohr talks about a lamentation prayer, which is when we sit and speak out to God and one another without knowing what to pray for. He says it might actually be the most honest form of prayer.
Isn't complaining to God a little like a lamentation prayer? We tell God about our sufferings and cry out to him from our hearts?
A sermon found online talks about our fears. We must place our fears before God, and how do we place our fears before him? By complaining of course. God already knows what's in our hearts before we tell Him. Isn't complaining just telling God what's in our hearts?
The sermon refers to Psalm 142 and talks about David. David brings a complaint to God. He is complaining to the right person. When something goes wrong in our lives and we feel distressed, we should go to the person who was in charge of making us feel that way. If we are distressed about our lives, is God the person to complain to? Or ourselves?
The sermon refers to God as the management, but I believe that sometimes we suffer because of our own mistakes. We can complain all we want to God, but maybe He won't always deliver us from our sufferings, not because He doesn't love us but because He wants to see us pull ourselves out of our own mess.
So what are your thoughts on complaining? Should we be complaining to God? Or should we only be thankful and grateful in our prayers?
I believe that when something is wrong, we can complain to God, but we shouldn't spend too much of our time complaining to God. I've discovered recently that my prolonged period of complaining to God was actually letting in a lot of negatives into my life, and changed my attitude on life. I became a bitter fool who complained about the smallest things.
