1. OUR PROBLEM WITH COMPLAINING
Numbers 11:1
And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes,
Psalm 142:2
I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before Him.
Miriam and Aaron Complained about Moses
Numbers 12:2
And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it.
The Spies Complained about the Promised Land
Numbers 13:31
Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”
Korah and Company Complained about Moses
Numbers 16:3
They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
Moses Complained and Struck the Rock
Numbers 20:10-11
Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
2. OUR POWER OVER COMPLAINING
The Multiplication of God’s People
Numbers 1:45
So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel— 46 all those listed were 603,550.
The Arrangement of God’s People
Numbers 2:2
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.
God Blesses His People
Numbers 6:23-27
“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 27 “So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them."
God Leads Israel
Numbers 10:11
In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony, 12 and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran.
Moses Begs Hobab to Join
Numbers 10:29
And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.” 32 And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.”
3. OUR PURIFICATION FROM COMPLAINING
Numbers 11:1
And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.
4 Questions You Must Ask Yourself
Have you given your life to Jesus?
Are you finding your forgiveness in Jesus?
Are you living your life for Jesus?
Are you finding your contentment in Jesus?
4. OUR PATHWAY TO CONTENTMENT
Philippians 4:11
I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need. 13 I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.
1. Take your complaints to God.
2. Ask God to forgive you.
3. Ask God to strengthen you.
4. Remember all God has done for you.
5. Let Jesus be your contentment. 
