Exodus 14:11 KJV, “And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? Wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?”
Ellen G. White, The Spirit of Prophecy The Great Controversy Between Christ and His Angels and Satan and His Angels, Vol 1, 1870, Ch 18, P 207, Steam Press, Battle Creek, MI: “How soon the Israelites distrusted God! They had witnessed all his judgments upon Egypt to compel the king to let Israel go; but when their confidence in God was tested, they murmured, notwithstanding they had seen such evidences of his power in their wonderful deliverance. Instead of trusting in God in their necessity, they murmured at faithful Moses, reminding him of their words of unbelief which they uttered in Egypt. They accused him of being the cause of all their distress.”
God’s people murmured to Moses because they were fearful that Pharaoh’s army would harm them. They distrusted God and complain to Moses.
Exodus 14:13-14 KJV, “And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.”
Murmur is a soft but continuous sound of disapproval. It originates from a heart that has lost confidence in someone and fear of being harmed and violated rushes in. Thus pulsating the heart and grumbling words come out from it.
Matthew 12:34 KJV, “O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”
Psalm 46:10 KJV, “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 KJV, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.”
The solution to a heart that distrust is a new heart that trust. How? By faith receiving a new heart from God. By faith renewing our hearts with the grace of His Son, Jesus Christ. By faith accepting Christ’s Spirit to cause us to trust and obey.
A trusting heart is a grateful heart.
Sincerely in the Blessed Hope.
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