April 30, 2024

April 30th Morning

3 minutes

“And all the children of Israel murmured.” — Numbers 14:2

There are murmurers amongst Christians now, as there were in the camp of Israel of old. There are those who, when the rod falls, cry out against the afflictive dispensation. They ask, “Why am I thus afflicted? What have I done to be chastened in this manner?” A word with thee, O murmurer! Why shouldst thou murmur against the dispensations of thy heavenly Father? Can He treat thee more hardly than thou deservest? Consider what a rebel thou wast once, but He has pardoned thee! Surely, if He in His wisdom sees fit now to chasten thee, thou shouldst not complain. After all, art thou smitten as hardly as thy sins deserve? Consider the corruption which is in…

thy breast, and then wilt thou wonder that there needs so much

of the rod to fetch it out? Weigh thyself, and discern how much dross is

mingled with thy gold; and dost thou think the fire too hot to purge away

so much dross as thou hast? Does not that proud rebellious spirit of thine

prove that thy heart is not thoroughly sanctified? Are not those

murmuring words contrary to the holy submissive nature of God’s

children? Is not the correction needed? But if thou wilt murmur against the

chastening, take heed, for it will go hard with murmurers. God always

chastises His children twice, if they do not bear the first stroke patiently.

But know one thing — ”He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the

children of men.” All His corrections are sent in love, to purify thee, and to

draw thee nearer to Himself. Surely it must help thee to bear the

chastening with resignation if thou art able to recognize thy Father’s hand.

For “whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom

He receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons.”

“Murmur not as some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the

destroyer.”

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