“But as the believers[a] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.” v. 1 (NLT)
The church is growing and God is moving but yet there are Rumblings of discontent! Sadly many churches have people who feel discontent toward their church. Why? Great question, that probably has many answers. However in this situation, the rumblings were caused by the lack of communication do to some language barriers. It was easily fixed by appointing others to take on a new task in the early church. By doing this, it allowed the Apostles to continue to teach, and gave others a chance to serve.
The question for us today is two fold. As leaders, how are we dealing with disontented people? Is there an opportunity for others to get involved to solve the problem? As believers, lets do our best to make situations better not worse. Satan wants nothing more than to divide the church and we have to work hard to protect it’s unity. If you see a situation that you don’t agree with or don’t understand, find out ways you can help by getting involved. Maybe God could use you like he did these people in this passage so the Church can continue to move forward seeing many come to know Christ.
Dan Gould 
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