Life is often unfair. When it is, we are often frustrated. We can choose to be frustrated and grumble or we can choose to be content. Wen we grumble, often out of HABIT, we infect others around us with a negative attitude. Seems reasonable, doesn't it? What does God say...
““For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. “About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. About five in the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ “ ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’ “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’”
Matthew 20:1-15
What's up with that? That's completely unfair! It's just not right! A full day, labor in in the hot sun and paid the same as those who worked only one hour in the cool evening. It's just not fair.
What is Jesus teaching us?
Complaining is rooted in ingratitude and dissatisfaction. We may be blessed in so many ways, but kne small thing can spoil our whole attitude.
Complaining is a choice. We may not always be able to control our circumstances, but can always control our response to those circumstances.
Complaining is saying, "It 'm not satisfied!" What God has provided me is NOT good enough! REALLY? What the Sovereign God has blessed you with AND dealt you to deal with is not God enough? Who do you think are you anyway?
Complaining doesn't just impact you, it impacts everyone around you. It causes you, and all those around you to be miserable! It is impossible to be happy in life when you have a complaining spirit!
“I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.”
Philippians 4:11-12
The only way to have real joy in this life is to be satisfied with exactly what God has given you - good and "bad." Are you ready to be happy?
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