Sadly, all of us do it, the born-again/saved, and those that are not. This “Murmuring” goes on in the home, workplace, and our churches.
We murmur searching to find something wrong in just about anything. For the murmurer, everything is upsetting in their lives, and they’re miserable because of it too; they’ll try to pull as many as they can with them who’d give them an ear given the chance.
We murmur about the boss, the children, the husband and wife, the weather; even food, and through silent debate, having conversations with ourselves on stuff that has not happened. We murmur about the teacher, the pastor, the neighbors, the government; people in general, and our task at hand.
Every interpretation of society is not immune to the murmur. Mind you, grievances have a place; nonetheless, when the results are in/settled, but not to our liking, we murmur.
In Scripture, murmuring is all over the place, and was directed toward everyone — ask Moses’s brother and sister who complained about the Ethiopian woman he married, after His decision to bring her along – (Numbers 12:1), Moses himself not wanting to go back to Egypt after God said, I’m sending you – (Exodus 4:10 +12-14), Gideon saying, he was to frail and young to save Israel when God said, just do it – (Judges 6:14,15), Abraham and Sarah after 25 years went by, and still no son that God promised – (Genesis16:2), the Pharisees having meetings to find a way to kill Jesus because they disagreed with Him – (Matthew 12:14); every nation, and every nationality murmurs.
Bottom line, “Murmuring” is a sin; it’s chatter, loose lips, and its cousin is gossip, and can cause all kinds of problems – (Matthew 15:17-20), and (1st Peter 4:9) is another verse that mentions the murmurer. You can’t love and murmur at the same time.
We’re to give our cares to the Lord – (1st Peter 5:7); because no matter what, He protects the righteous, and you not doing this makes whom you’re “Murmuring” an idol, including yourself.
Gaidi
Word of note: Don’t confuse “Murmuring” with discussion, or positive thought. Discussion is face-to-face action on an issue to move forward. Murmuring is a behind the back defense, or emphasis that goes nowhere, and fixes nothing; the non-action of a question that’s been settled or hasn’t occurred at all.
Gaidi