Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 11:1 (New Living Translation)

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.

This is part of the (hi)story of the people wandering the wilderness on their way to the land promised to them by Jehovah God. They complained, and God heard everything they said.

This probably came as a surprise to some. They didn’t go to the tent of meeting or any special place. They didn’t hold any special ceremony. They didn’t use any special language. They didn’t appoint any special spokesmen.

They complained; God heard them.

That’s how it works with an all-knowing, all-present, all-seeing, all-hearing God. I speak; God hears. I even think; God hears. There is no hiding from God.

And that is a blessing. I think; God hears. God is with me all the time. Thank you God.