Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord

Numbers 11:1-9

Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them.

The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!

The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

Why?

In Spiritual life, don't become a rabble man with cravings. Appreciated everything we may have, all of these are the grace of the Lord.

Some people in Israelite freed from the slaves in Egypt, but they still complain to the Lord why they did have not meat to eat. But they forgot they have the manna, which they don't have to pay any effort and they can get it every day.

The craving hearts never satisfy life and become a sad and pitiful man.

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百姓發怨言，與前一章很大的對比。

紀律在外卻內心沒有生命，生命的建造、改變更重要！因此容易口出怨言。

教會可以有許多宗教活動，然而教會中信徒是否有神更重要。人想在物質方面得到滿足，人的慾望更高。人不懂的珍惜瑪哪！身體的慾望得到滿足，心理的慾望就會滿足，如果我們認為神對我們有所保留，就會不滿足。神已經將獨生子生命賜給我們，神還保留什麼?以前在埃及是奴隸的身份，讓他們吃飽，幹活，當然奴隸不用花錢買食物。我們養的牛、羊也沒有付錢吃飽。閒雜人是坐享其成的人，他們是剛好在門上有塗血，而順道出埃及的人。一些以自我為中心的人，專門挑毛病的人，教會中也有這樣子的人。來教會是來奉獻，不是要別人來服事我。把自己先倒空。人有貪念，因為不滿足，遵行神的旨意，做主的工，就是食物。付出時神自己大大的充滿我們。

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How?

Doing everything with thanks and a joyful heart, for the Lord cares about me in everything.