How long through the week does your praise last from a Sunday morning celebration service? How long do you continue to rejoice after your breakthrough? Israel had just crossed the Red Sea; they've watched God drown Pharaoh and his army before their eyes. On the other side of the sea, Miriam with her tambourine leads a celebration of victory.
As they move ahead into the wilderness, they travel three days without finding any water. When they come to Marah, they soon find out they can't drink there because the waters are bitter. The celebration didn't last very long; they began to complain to Moses, "So what are we supposed to drink?"
There will never be a time in your life that you don't need the hand of God to move for your life. God doesn't allow us to go very far pass our victory before we realize we need another breakthrough, another miracle. God shows Moses a tree, he cast it in the water and the waters are made sweet.
2000 years ago there was another tree that our Lord hung on to bring about our victory over every bitter difficulty in life. Losing your job, your home, divorce, cancer, being falsely accused, dealing with a rebellious child can all be bitter. It's so easy like Israel to complain in our bitter ordeals. Learn from Israel, whining and complaining isn't going to fix your dilemmas. Every breakthrough that you need is found in the cross. Jesus paid for every hurt and sorrow that we face.
Praise is a sign of our confidence in God. Where was the tambourine, where was the celebration, where was their confidence in the God who spilt the Red Sea just three days before? Do we really believe that the God who started us on this journey is able to complete what He started?
Take your eyes off of looking back to Egypt, your old life in sin, take your eyes off of looking around, it may not look encouraging, take your eyes off of looking down on your bitter situation, rather lift up your eyes to the one who is more than able to complete what He started in you. Be confident of this very thing that He which begun a good work in you shall perform it till the day of Jesus Christ.
Moses looked to the Lord, and God gave him the answer to move pass their bitter situation. He still turns the bitter waters sweet today. How else are you going to know His greatness, unless He has proven to you that He can make your bitter waters sweet? Keep singing, keep worshipping, and keep pressing towards the one who is more than enough to make your bitter waters sweet.
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As they move ahead into the wilderness, they travel three days without finding any water. When they come to Marah, they soon find out they can't drink there because the waters are bitter. The celebration didn't last very long; they began to complain to Moses, "So what are we supposed to drink?"
There will never be a time in your life that you don't need the hand of God to move for your life. God doesn't allow us to go very far pass our victory before we realize we need another breakthrough, another miracle. God shows Moses a tree, he cast it in the water and the waters are made sweet.
2000 years ago there was another tree that our Lord hung on to bring about our victory over every bitter difficulty in life. Losing your job, your home, divorce, cancer, being falsely accused, dealing with a rebellious child can all be bitter. It's so easy like Israel to complain in our bitter ordeals. Learn from Israel, whining and complaining isn't going to fix your dilemmas. Every breakthrough that you need is found in the cross. Jesus paid for every hurt and sorrow that we face.
Praise is a sign of our confidence in God. Where was the tambourine, where was the celebration, where was their confidence in the God who spilt the Red Sea just three days before? Do we really believe that the God who started us on this journey is able to complete what He started?
Take your eyes off of looking back to Egypt, your old life in sin, take your eyes off of looking around, it may not look encouraging, take your eyes off of looking down on your bitter situation, rather lift up your eyes to the one who is more than able to complete what He started in you. Be confident of this very thing that He which begun a good work in you shall perform it till the day of Jesus Christ.
Moses looked to the Lord, and God gave him the answer to move pass their bitter situation. He still turns the bitter waters sweet today. How else are you going to know His greatness, unless He has proven to you that He can make your bitter waters sweet? Keep singing, keep worshipping, and keep pressing towards the one who is more than enough to make your bitter waters sweet.
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