Text:
Exodus 15:6 (ESV)
6 Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.
Observation:
Last week I had the privilege of leading a small group discussion on the topic, “Drama in the Desert”. There are lessons we can learn from this recount of God’s people then that has application for us today.
Exodus 15:24-25 (NLT)
24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
25 So Moses cried out to the LORD for help, and the LORD showed him a piece of wood. Moses threw it into the water, and this made the water good to drink. It was there at Marah that the LORD set before them the following decree as a standard to test their faithfulness to him.
The Lord had delivered the children from many years of slavery in Egypt. He parted the Red Sea, and they arrived safely in the wilderness, where He intended for them to worship Him, and continue to the Promised Land.
They got off to a good start; they begin to worship the Lord for all He had done for them.
Exodus 15:1-2 (NLT)
1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and my song; he has given me victory. This is my God, and I will praise him— my father’s God, and I will exalt him!
However, they went from worshipping to murmuring and whining.
Exodus 15:23-24 (NLT)
23 When they came to the oasis of Marah, the water was too bitter to drink. So they called the place Marah (which means “bitter”).
24 Then the people complained and turned against Moses. “What are we going to drink?” they demanded.
When you face difficulties in your journey toward God’s promises to you, don’t languish in the valley of despair. Rise up, and look up to our Father in heaven. God is willing, ready, and able; He is your hope and help.
Oh, that we can learn from this story, and be encouraged to be better, and do better by the power of Holy Spirit who lives in our heart.
Prayer:
Father, help us to see the realities we face through the eyes of the Holy Spirit, who lives in us. Then, we will see our life, and our circumstances as you see them.
Father, we confess, and turn from whining, and we turn to worshipping the God who saved us, keeps us, and has prepared a home for us in heaven. Father, we trust in You, and know that You will never let us down. In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
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Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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