Just Kill me now!

Numbers 11:10-15

¹⁰ Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased. ¹¹ So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all these people on me? ¹² Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers? ¹³ Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ ¹⁴ I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. ¹⁵ If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and do not let me see my wretchedness!”

How many times have we all felt completely overwhelmed by those around us?  I know I have.  I can just see Moses at this time, he must have felt that he had taken all he could (sound familiar?).  The Israelites were again complaining about being brought out of Egypt.  Imagine, God just brought them out of a life of slavery and was leading them into the promissed land of "flowing milk and honey".  God had provided them with all they could eat of this new thing they called manna (meaning literally "what is it?"). They started now getting a little sick of manna and really though they wanted some meat.  It is hard sometimes for me to imagine that they complained, but thinking about it, don't we all still complain?  Don't we all sometimes get a little tired?  Don't we all sometimes feel as if our old life was in someways at least comfortable?

I love what God told Moses, "²³ And the LORD said to Moses, “Has the LORD’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether what I say will happen to you or not."  

Do you think God's arm has been shortened?  God is faithful to us if we trust Him.  We just have to trust Him. 

Lord, let me always remember what you have brought me out of.  Help me to remember your faithfullness to me.  Help me to also remember Your special purpose for me and that it will not always be easy, but that you are still leading me into the promissed land.  Amen