A story is told of a farmer who was famous for his negative attitude.
One day a neighbour stopped by and commented on the farmer’s wonderful
crop. “You must be extremely happy with this year’s harvest,” the
neighbour said. The farmer grudgingly replied, “Well, yes, it looks like
a pretty good one, but a bumper crop is awfully hard on the soil.”
The Israelites can be compared to the farmer, because they had the
same attitude of complaining. After their rescue from captivity in
Egypt, God had miraculously taken care of them as they wandered in the
wilderness. Yet they complained.