Exodus 17:3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
The devil repeatedly brought up that charge against the leaders of God’s choosing, that they had ulterior motives in bringing the children of Israel so far into the desert, to kill them, and then take their property as personal bounty. Over and over again, we read in the scripture where this accusation was brought, until one day, Moses couldn’t take it anymore, and he blew a fuse in public.
The issue of being disturbed from our comfort zone is not relegated to the Old Testament, for it can also be observed in numerous occasions in the New, as Paul and his fellows became frustrated with those of the Jewish nation, who’d refused to relinquish their unbelief. Paul finally got fed up with preaching to them and he threw in the towel in utter disgust.
And were it not for the resilience that God gives, he would have called it quits, for his comfort zone had been disturbed. Preaching to receptive minds is one thing, but when Paul preached to the unresponsive Jews, it seemed to him as if he were preaching to a stone wall, and that could really wear down one’s patience.
Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. 6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!