Rebellion

Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?  And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. (Hebrews 3:16-19)

          They had come out of Egypt with Moses, proclaiming the sovereignty of God, and vowing to do all God commanded through Moses. They sang praise to the Lord Most High. After that, they not only failed, but they refused to obey – repeatedly. They turned away from God. One can't be a rebel unless one is first a follower.
          We all do it, and I doubt it’s any more prevalent in our society than it’s ever been, but if feels like it is.  And those who rebelled always had what they thought was a good reason. They were too hungry, thirsty, tired, hot, afraid to think clearly. Their focus narrowed to the point of their pain. They felt entirely justified in their response because of their circumstances and their feelings. They declare, like Jonah, that they have a right to speak forth their hunger, thirst, exhaustion, discomfort, fear, anger, etc., and to turn away.
          David also spoke forth his hunger, thirst, exhaustion, discomfort, fear, anger, etc., but with a difference. His speaking was a turning toward God. David was called “a man after God’s own heart.” The key, it would seem, is not that we shouldn’t feel hunger, thirst, exhaustion, discomfort, fear, anger, etc., it’s that we should turn to God in those feelings, to obey in spite of those feelings. 
          Easier said than done, but I know from experience that “I don’ wannnnnnna” doesn’t have to mean “So I’m not gonnnnnnna.”