Apr 12, 2026 – Murmuring
Utmost – Chambers has moved from “co-crucifixition” to “co-resurrection” and now to “co-eternal life” as he explains, “Eternal life is not a gift from God, eternal life is the gift of God…. Ye shall receive the power of the Holy Ghost – not power as a gift from the Holy Ghost; the power is the Holy Ghost, not something which He imparts…. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we will not decide definitely about sin. Immediately we do decide, the full life of God comes in…. The weakest saint can experience the power of the Deity of the Son of God if once he is willing to ‘let go.’ Any strand of our own energy in ourselves will blur the life of Jesus.”
Simpson offers us a warning of sorts as he tells about “the account of the murmuring of the children of Israel in the wilderness. It reads like this: [Numbers 11:1] ‘When the people, as it were, murmured’…. people who do not dare to sin openly and unequivocally, but manage to do it ‘as it were’ only. They do not lie straight, but they evade or equivocate, or imply enough falsehood to escape a real conviction of conscience…. They find fault with circumstances and people and things that God has permitted to come into their lives, and, ‘As it were,’ murmur.” Murmuring, whining, and complaining all throw doubt at God’s sovereignty and His ability to work all things out for good for those who believe in Him (see Romans 8:28). Children do this to their parents all the time; and, though the Bible says we are to be like little children, I would think not in this case – unless children will stop long enough to listen to explanations and logic from their parents.
Power – Psalm 55:17, 23 – “Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan and sigh, and He will hear my voice… But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You.” Joyce explains why David’s complaining was different from that of the Israelites as they wandered the desert, “David was not hesitant when it came to telling God exactly how he felt. But he also followed up by saying he trusted God to be faithful to keep His promises. Often David would even remind God of something He had promised in His Word.”
Joyce offers the key point, “I believe it was spiritually and even physically healthy for David to express to God how he really felt. It was a way of releasing his negative feelings so they could not harm his inner man while he was waiting for God’s deliverance. Sometimes we need an outlet for the pain we feel in life, and it might help to simply take the time to tell God all about it.”
