God heard their Cries!

I was reading the other day through Joshua 7 where the Israelites went to battle against Ai without seeking the cousel of the Lord, and were defeated. Well defeated may not be the right word, Joshua sent 300o men to fight and 36 were killed, in war today I think we would look at that differently. The defeat came from even one loss, that had to utterly shock the Israelites, they had never experienced this...WHAT'S HAPPENING? In vs. 6 we find Joshua tearing his clothes before the Lord in despair, "God what will people think of us now, we have run from battle now everyone will mock YOU and come to attack us thinking we can be defeated." Then Joshua, the great leader the one whom God said to on more than one occasion "Do not be affraid"...he falls victim to the very attitude of the Isearlites when he says "Oh if we had just stayed on the otherside of the Jordan, why did you bring us out here just to be destroyed!"
I have to imagine that God was getting pretty tired of hearing the constant cries to go back to bondage all because things were not easy, because they had to trust in God. I mean there were too many battles where the Israelites just literally stood there and watched as God gave them victory, seriously battles where they did NOT lift a finger but stood and watched God bring down walls or make noice and cause the enemy to kill themselves. How frustrating it must have been to listen to this time and time again everytime things did not go just the way they wanted them to. They come to the Jordan and cry because the water so God parts it; they came to the Desert of Sin and cried because they were hungry and God provided bread from heaven; they come to Rephadim and were thirsty and cried so God gave them water and not just water from a stream...He gave them water from a ROCK! Time and time and time again the people cried and God provides and yet time and time and time again they cry out to return to captivity (forgetting that it was that captivity that they were delivered from because, you guessed it, they cried to the Lord and HE HEARD THEM).
As I was reading this I thought about my life and my situation realizing that I cry out to God to deliver me for Him to grant me some great job that will take care of my family, I cry out to him to do something amazing what what does He have the nerve to do: exactly what I asked for! Oh it may not be at this point what I thought it would be, just like the Israelites, but it is exactly what we NEED ad isn't that what He promises in Matthew 6:33 when He says, "Seek me first and all your needs will be granted to you". I read this and again cried out to God but this time it was not for deliverance it was for forgiveness. Forgiveness from my complaining and spirit of doubt. I think about the fact that God promised to deliver the Israelites and they were excited about that but the problem came not in the deliverance but in the length of time it would take. This is where I need to ask for forgivness in complaining about the length of time because the reality is God is doing miraculous things in my midst every day and I have much to be thankful for!
Sometimes I cry out to God and my cries become so loud I am reminded that I may need to just be quiet and listen, and somewhere in the silence I will hear Him say, "I can do so much more for you if you will just get out of my way!"

Thank you Lord for loving me and thank you Lord for blessing me, thank you Lord for making me whole and saving my soul!