Don't Edit the Scripture

Philippians 2:14 says, “Do all things without grumbling or disputing.” That’s a very important verse that we don’t take seriously enough. We’ve been so influenced by our culture and our own sin, that we don’t even think this is possible. Do “all” things without complaining?

So, we mentally edit this verse to read like this:

Do your best not to grumble or dispute

Or

If you do most things without grumbling and disputing, you do well.

But that is not what the Scripture says. It says to do all things without grumbling. Grumbling is that grouchy, complainy, murmuring that we all do. To dispute is to argue about our circumstances.

As we anticipate Thanksgiving Day, let’s put aside the grumbling and rejoice in all the grace and goodness that the Lord has shown to us. Let’s thank Him for what we do have not complain about what we don’t have.