Job was complaining about how horribly wrong things were going and God seemingly didn’t care. “Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: ‘Who is this that obscures My plans with words without knowledge? … Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? … Brace yourself like a man; I will question you and you can answer me. ‘Where were you when I (made everything on this planet and hung it in space and made everything function properly with a place for you to live?’) Do you really think I don’t know what I am doing? Job38-
Do I high-lite to all those around me how unfair life is because my plans and desires are not being fulfilled? This complaining makes it hard for others to see that God is good and to understand what God is actually doing. That would be what an “infant” or “child” would typically do. ….. Or ….. Am I shining the light on how God’s plans for me are good for me even though it is often painful and very difficult? Praising is what I as a RM “adult” would do.
“In everything give thanks for this is the will of God, in Christ Jesus, concerning me!” I am praising that all of this that God is leading me through is making me better and not bitter!