Day 5 - Complaining

It's important to get things off our chest, but especially with God. Ironically, I know I most often bottle things up with God. I can vent at home or to my friends or coworkers, but God? No, He doesn't want to hear that. Afterall, wouldn't I really being filing a grievance with Him...since He is over...ALL?

But when we DON'T get things off our chest we build a layer of a mask and pretense that says, "I'm okay." Pretty soon, we have many layers of pretenses and many masks we wear, even with God, that hide our complaints, our questions, our deepest fears and that say, "Really, I'm okay."

When we break down these walls, we build intimacy. When we let God (or anyone else know) what hurts us, we open doors. When we share with Him our fears, we give Him room to encourage us, lifts us up, and provide the hope we need. When we hide, we leave Him no room to be who we need Him to be.

The Israelites needed God's provision badly and they had good reason to be afraid for their well-being, but they took their complaints to God....and he listened. I pray I can take my complaints to the right place, because only there can God use them to mold me, to change me, to make me who He wants me to be. And it is there, I find intimacy with my Father.