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Philippians 2:14 Do everything without complaining and arguing,

There are a couple of reasons why people complain.

The first reason is a lack of contentment. When people are not content with what they have, they are more likely to complain about what they don’t have. For instance, if a person has a seven-year old car and they are not content, they are more likely to complain about their car when they see the 2016 version of their car. By learning to be content with what we have, we can eliminate complaints from our speech.

Secondly, people complain because of fear based on a lack of trust in God. If our boss has us doing something illogical or an assignment that’s unrelated to our responsibilities, we’ll have the tendency to complain. We complain because we’re afraid our time is being wasted or we’re being taken advantage of by our superior. When we complete the task without complaining, we’re humbling ourselves. For those who trust God, we know that anytime we humble ourselves, we receive more grace and we set ourselves up to be exalted (1 Peter 5:5 & Matthew 23:12).

As believers, we must continue to separate ourselves from the world. The world is full of complaints, but because we are content and we trust God, we do everything without complaining.