You’re allowed to complain – Pastor Guillermo Jiménez

YOU’RE ALLOWED TO COMPLAIN

Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay— yet they all curse me.” (Jeremiah 15:10 NLT)

Jeremiah complained.
Many times we try to live with integrity, doing good and being fair, but even like that problems come. This can cause:

1. Times when we feel fed up with so many problems to continually resolve and we can grow tempted to complain against God.
The good news is that God does not get angry because of this. We are not the only ones who have felt this way and complained. In fact, the great prophet Jeremiah did it so I think that gives us permission to let our frustrations out with God.

2. God’s response was encouraging to his tired prophet, and in that same way, He strengthens you and I today.

The Lord replied,“I will take care of you, Jeremiah. Your enemies will ask you to plead on their behalf in times of trouble and distress. (Jeremiah 15:11 NLT)

3. Jeremiah never lost his trust in God. If anything, this is what he told Him: “Lord, you know what you do and I trust in you. Simply give me life to continue preaching your Word.”

Then I said, “Lord, you know what’s happening to me. Please step in and help me. Punish my persecutors! Please give me time; don’t let me die young. It’s for your sake that I am suffering. (Jeremiah 15:15 NLT)

Think about it:

Have you felt afflicted because you do your best to do good and problems still come?
Have you felt like complaining against God?
In what ways do you think it can help to let your frustrations out with God?