How many of you have ever done everything commanded of you without ever complaining or making a fuss about it? Recall that God delivered the children of Israel out of bondage from Egypt. They complained that Moses brought them in the wilderness to die and would rather be back in bondage where they had food. How ungrateful they were!
Here Paul commanded the Philippians to “do all things without complaining and arguing” (v.14). “God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7b). If believers obeyed God’s purpose for their lives without mumbling and grumbling, Paul said that they may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault, in the midst of a [morally] crooked and [spiritually] perverted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world (v.15, AMP). Jesus said: “You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed and placed and purposefully planted you, so that you would go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit will remain and be lasting…” (John 15:16, AMP). Christians can’t live “anyhow” like the unbelieving world. They must be blameless and sincere so that they will shine as lights “to the glory and praise of God” (1:10b).
Do all things without bumbling and grumbling, holding fast the word of life, Paul said, so that he may rejoice in the day of Christ that he has not run in vain or labored in vain (v.16). Are you holding fast the word of life, Jesus Christ, so that when He comes, you can declare with joy that your race has not been in vain? Give God a hand clap and shout, “Hallelujah!”