Num. 11:1-10 – Can You Do Better than God

Reverend Leo H. McCrary II

Beware of grumbling and complaining about God’s blessings. Don’t think that God loves the complaining heart.

Today’s devotional reading: Numbers 11:1-10

We get ourselves into the worst trouble when we aren’t happy with God’s blessings. We must remember that God knows us better than we know ourselves. The Lord knows what we are both capable and incapable of doing. God knows our thoughts, and He also knows our needs. So, when the Lord gives to you, don’t think for a second that He gives without thought and consideration.

When we grumble and complain about God’s giving, we need to understand the terrible implications, beyond the point of being unhappy with God’s giving. To grumble and complain about God’s giving implies that God has failed to satisfy your needs. In fact, this implies that God does not know how to satisfy you, nor does He know your needs. One who grumbles and complains about God’s blessing would suggest they can do a better job.

Do you know who else had such a mindset? The devil. Satan began to move in his wisdom, believing he was able to do better than God. Ezekiel 28, Isaiah 14, and Revelation 12 show us the worst thing one can do when they begin to think they can do better than God. Satan rebelled against God, leading a revolt and causing a third of the angels to fall with him in his rebellion. When you grumble and complain about what God has given you, you take the first steps in contending with the Lord.

Again, ask yourself when you complain: Can I do better than God’s blessings? Can I live a better life without God’s blessings? Solomon tried to do that, and by the end of his life, he advised against anyone being foolish enough to think that way. Life does not get any better when one choose to become an adversary of the Lord. Making matters worse is what awaits after the physical life ends and the grumbling rebel stands before God’s judgment.

Man has tried, and history repeatedly shows us, that we cannot do better than God. Therefore, we must learn to be more content with God’s blessing, rather than setting out on our own and making matters worse.