READ: Numbers 13:17-33
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. :-1 Corinthians 10:10
Many Christians are murmurers, complainers and bitter gossips. Gossiping, murmuring, backbiting, maligning are things that incur the wrath of God. God has sent us to the world to preach the gospel. God has given us mighty tasks to accomplish in His name. He expects us to do great things for Him. As God has sent us, He knows that there will be giants in the land. A giant represents an obstacle, a hindrance, a problem and a difficulty. God does not expect you to murmur against Him because of the problems and difficulties that have arisen.
Murmuring against God happens when you murmur against His servants. When the children of Israel spoke against Moses, they were speaking against God. The Bible says that God heard it. God always noticed when they murmured (Numbers 14:27). God even counted the number of times they murmured against Him.
Amazingly, the Lord informed them one day that they had said those things on ten different occasions. God had secretly been recording their comments and complaints. God counts the number of times you complain and the things you say are also noted by angels.
Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now THESE TEN TIMES, and have not hearkened to my voice;
Numbers 14:22
Perhaps you have wondered why there is no reaction from God when you murmur against His servants. The children of Israel had to murmur ten times before God reacted. They must have been shocked to find that God had been counting the number of times they had been speaking against Him.