“But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?” - Numbers 11v20
What could be worse than despising the Lord? For what offence would a people be told that they have despised the Lord? Surely this must be a “serious” sin like false worship or idolatry. Those might very well be, but in this context what is the sin which proves that they have despised the Lord?
This sin was simple – it was the sin of being discontent. God had delivered them and provided for them. They were on their way to His promised land, and yet they longed to go back to Egypt.
Their whinging and complaining displeased the Lord for they despised all that He had done. What He had done was not enough - they wanted more.
Whenever we complain about the lot in life He has given us we do the same. There is little we can do which is worse than despising Him. If we are guilty of that sin it is time to repent and turn to Him.
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