Some you expected.
Are we there yet? How much longer? Can we get something to eat?
The next barrage is unexpected. Who was the first
person to decide to squeeze those things on a cow and drink whatever came out? Why
does our dog get mad at us when we blow in his face but when we take him on a
car ride he sticks his head out the window?
Every parent has been there. Questions from the backseat. You come to expect them. Every journey to a destination includes
them. The same is true for the journey
of faith.
Just like kids on a trip we get tired of the
journey. We want to know when we can
stop. We get tired of serving. We get tired of waiting. We get tired of the people we’re traveling
with.
And we grumble.
The Israelites did. They
complained about the food, about the place they were traveling, and about their
‘driver’ Moses.
Grumbling does not set well with
God. In fact, our grumbling can lead to
our wandering. When offered the chance
to leave Kadesh and enter the Promised Land, the Israelites listened to the
fear-filled report from ten spies instead of the faith-full report of Joshua
and Caleb.
Kadesh means “Spring of
Decision” and it was time for one. They
were in the right place to make the right decision. But the majority made the wrong one. The people wished they had died in the
desert. So God told them they would get
their wish. They would wander until the
unbelieving generation died out.
And
they did. They wandered in the
Wilderness for forty years. And their
children were impacted by their decisions.
The
decisions you make affect those around you, just like the decisions the
Israelites made at Kadesh. You can
decide to grumble or be thankful. You
can decide to turn away from God or turn toward God. You can decide to wander without purpose
through life or follow God’s vision for your life.
Just
don’t forget that those in the backseat will be affected by your decisions.
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