DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS

"Do all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world." (Philippians 2:14-15)

Do you like to be around complainers? Nothing is ever good enough. They believe that their way is always best. They are never satisfied.

This is not a good testimony to our faith in the Lord Jesus. If we really believe that God is sovereign and in control, and that all things work together for good to those who love Him and are the called according to His purpose, then we shouldn't be complainers. When we complain, we are saying that we don't trust God, and that our way is better than His.

This is not the same as seeing how things could be better, and working to improve them. This complaining is just a continual harping on the way we think things should be but not doing anything to improve them. This constant complaining is not a good testimony to our faith in God's omniscience, omnipotence, and omnisapience or wisdom.

In spite of all the troubles the Apostle Paul went through, he could say that in every circumstance he found himself, he had learned to be content (Philippians 4:11). God calls us to contentment, as we read in Hebrews 13:5: "Be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you." The presence of Jesus in our lives satisfies our greatest longing.

God has called us to be lights in a dark world. As the old saying goes, we can either curse the darkness or light a candle. Complaining about the darkness does not solve the problem. The solution to darkness is to turn on the light. May my life be a glimmer of light in a dark world. Trusting God to help us work solve the problem leads to contentment and eliminates complaining, and that is a light to others who are in darkness.

Love, Dad