[Steve Myers] What is the most annoying noise there is? Well a recent study by the Journal of Social, Evolutionary and Cultural Psychology found that the most annoying sound is whining. Actually scientifically documented the fact that whining is the most distracting sound on the planet. And we've probably all experienced that, but you know all too often I think we miss the fact that it's not just the little children that do the whining. All too often it's we adults that really are guilty of whining.

The Apostle Paul knew this. He wrote to the Philippians. In Philippians it's in 2:14. And he says something that is really a challenge to every one of us. He says, "Do all things without complaining," which is another way of saying whining, without whining or complaining it says, "Without complaining and disputing." And so it's an important thing. It's not just something we should dismiss because it even says right after this, "That you may become blameless and harmless children of God."

The implication? If we continue whining, we can't be considered children of God. So this is something that's really serious. It's something that we need to look at ourselves and ask ourselves, "Are we guilty? How much are we guilty of whining in our lives?" You've got to pray to God and ask Him to help us to see this deficiency in our life so that we can get rid of it, so we can have a whine free zone in our life. Maybe a different way to think of it is we can chill the whine. Chill the whine. In other words, no whining. Don't accept that in your life. And if we can, we can begin to root it out of our life. We'll get rid of that most annoying noise, and it'll be all turned around, and we can truly claim to be children of God.

That's BT Daily. We'll see you next time.