How does it make you feel when you hear someone whining?
Whining is a total waste of energy…
It’s a verbal expression of worry…
Whining is a verbal pity party.
Whining is a form of complaining, and God hates complaining …
1 Corinthians 10:10 (NKJV)
Nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
It establishes the whiner’s perceived weakness and powerlessness.
Not one time in scripture do we find Jesus whining…
He rejoices…
Luke 10:21a (NKJV)
21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth…
He weeps…
John 11:35 (NKJV)
35 Jesus wept.
He rebukes…
Matthew 17:8 (KJV)
8 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
He even pleads….
Matthew 27:46
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”[a]
But, He never whines.
Very few people want to hear you whine…
Very few times does whining change the situation….
Have you ever noticed how a group of people whining together feed into each others’ misery?
It becomes a pity party…they validate one anothers’ complaints but accomplishes nothing.
Yes, there are times that we are displeased, dismayed, overlooked, overworked, unappreciated, unhappy…
Sometimes we may even need to rebut, rebuke, protest or protect our interest…
But, do it in strength not weakness.
Don’t whine…
Turn your WHINING INTO WORSHIP
Turn your PITY PARTY INTO A PRAISE PARTY!
BE BLESSTIFIED!
BE BLESSTIFIED! 