What Are You Saying on the Way to Your Promise?
Every Christian can testify: the journey to your promised land can wear you down—mentally, emotionally, even spiritually. It can be exhausting. And the enemy is relentless, throwing distraction after distraction to make you doubt what God has already promised. But here’s what we need to remember—what we do during the waiting matters. The children of Israel had the promise, but they also had a pattern: complaining. And that pattern cost them everything. They didn’t make it to the promise, not because God failed—but because their hearts did. So now we have to ask ourselves the same question: Have I made complaining a pattern?
Complaining Is the Language of Delay
Philippians 2:14 (NLT) says, “Do everything without complaining and arguing.” That word—everything—means just that. No exceptions. That includes the waiting season, the stretching season, and the wilderness. And yes, it’s easier said than done, but if God said it, we’re equipped to live it. Let’s keep it all the way real—life doesn’t shift just because we’re frustrated. And in the Kingdom, we don’t have time to be caught up in complaints. We should be on our spiritual grind around the clock: ministering, praying, encouraging, declaring. That’s the language of forward motion. Complaining is the language of delay.
Praise Is the Posture That Moves You Forward
1 Thessalonians 5:16 (NLT) says “Always be joyful.”
This kind of joy isn’t surface-level. It flows from a mind that stays fixed on Jesus. Philippians 4:8 (NLT) gives us the blueprint—“Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable…” When our focus is right, our attitude follows. When our minds are set on what is excellent and worthy of praise, complaining loses its grip.
So the next time you feel that complaint rising up—catch it. Don’t just silence it, replace it. Let worship come out instead. Let gratitude speak. Let praise be what flows from your lips. Why? Because that’s what maturity sounds like. That’s what Kingdom sounds like. And that’s how you keep moving forward on your journey—focused, faithful, and ready for the promise God already called yours.
Reflection:
Am I slowing down my own progress with a complaining spirit?
What have my words sounded like in this season—grateful or grumbling?
Lord, help me shift my language, so that it reflects trust, not tension.
I want my mouth to agree with Your promise, not contradict it. ■
Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.
“Complaining on Your Journey”, written by KLizzie, edited by Reverend Fran Mack, for Sundie Morning Sistas ©2025. All rights reserved. All done to the glory of God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! SMS is dedicated to inspiring and encouraging Christian Women through the Word of God.
