Numbers 14:20-24 So the LORD said [to Moses], “I have pardoned [the Israelites] according to your word; 21 but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD. 22 “Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 23 shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it. 24 “But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it.

Even if we are Christians (people who have faith in Christ) there are consequences for testing and disbelieving God. When we grumble about God and fail to put our efforts into doing what God has called us to do, we put ourselves in danger of being left out of some of God’s blessing.

Have faith and follow through on what God is calling you to do. He can accomplish anything, but God will change his plans for you if you are unwilling to be faithful.

Lord God, whose blessed Son our Savior gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.