Have you ever sat next to someone on an airplane who could not stop complaining? Everything was wrong: the plane was too cold, the passengers were too loud. And don’t get them started about their daily lives! Kids, spouse, boss, everyone was out to make their lives miserable. 

It isn’t hard to find things to complain about. Some people make it their life goal to complain about everything. Misery loves company, so it can be easy for us to gripe with them. In First Corinthians, it says that love “is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.” Complaining is a result of all three of those things.

Philippians 2 commands God’s people to do everything without complaining or arguing. Let us challenge one another to stay away from these things. We will then stand out as being different from the rest of the world’s complaining people. You will reach your world when you say thank you to the flight attendant or smile at the crying baby. It may be difficult, but it will make a difference.  The world is looking at us wondering if we are serious followers of Jesus or If we’re just pretending to be.  “The love of Christ controls us,” the Bible says.  Let’s show the love of Christ to those around us. 

This is Luis Palau.