unrealistic). If those trials are in your face every day and there is a

significant amount of pain or loss or struggle to them, you probably

live looking for a way to fix the problem. Naturally, we don’t want the

downsides, so we search for some way to escape them. As a believer, this

can turn to a prayer life where we continually ask God to fix our

lives. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with praying for relief. But we

can drift very easily into a mindset that thinks the answer to our lives

is for God to do what we ask. Israel thought that too. They complained

about their eating situation. And they did it so continuously that God

eventually said ‘Yes’. But that wasn’t good news. Let’s take a look at

this story and see if we can learn how to not cross this line with the

Lord.