Whiners…

 Whiners….

Whine=complain, fuss, grouch,murmur, bellyache,gripe, mutter,caterwaul, croak, moan, nag, squawk, yammer, grump, crab, etc., etc., etc.,…Merriam Webster…

As a parent, I have heard whiny children….as a human being I have whined…wanting my way until someone gives in or I go away grumbling, murmuring, nagging, griping…not what I want to be known for…

Reading 1 Samuel 8 is yet another example of whining children…rejection, consequences…”we want what they have”, I want something besides this…never satisfied…

The saddest words…”they have rejected me…”

God gave and gave, gives and gives…and we want more, whining for our way…instead of being satisfied….

Thank YOU….and forgive me….

 “When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders. The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah, and they served at Beersheba. But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice. 

So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 

They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king to lead us, such as all the other nations have.” 

But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. 

And the Lord told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.” 

Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 

He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: 

He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. (14:52, 2 Samuel 15:1)

Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, 

and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest,

and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 

He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.(2 Chonicles 2:17,18)

He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. (1 Kings 21:5-16, 9:10-15)

He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. (1 Kings 12:1-16)

Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. 

He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 

When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.” 

But the people refused to listen to Samuel. 

“No!” they said. “We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.” 

When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated it before the Lord. 

The Lord answered, “Listen to them and give them a king.”….

1Sam.8.1-22a

 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deut.5.21

 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.

Prov.21.19

 Death and Destruction are never satisfied,and neither are human eyes.

Prov.27.20

 Whoever loves money never has enough;whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.This too is meaningless.

Eccl.5.10

 When I fed them, they were satisfied;when they were satisfied, they became proud;then they forgot me. 

Where is your king, that he may save you?

Where are your rulers in all your towns,of whom you said,‘Give me a king and princes’? 

So in my anger I gave you a king,and in my wrath I took him away.

Hos.13.6,Hos.13.10-11

Because I’m forgiven…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihRxhCmkl4E