Exodus 15:22-27 (ESV)

14:5 When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, the mind of Pharaoh and 22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. 24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he cried to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the LORD made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 26 saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, your healer.” 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.

THE TESTING GROUND

THE ANSWER KEY

THE PLAY GROUND

YOU CAN PRAY WITH US …
1 - Where have you seen God turn a sour situation sweet (internal brokenness/external circumstances)? Praise Him, Father Son and Spirit for granting you grace.

2 - What good thing has God done for you, that you often forget when you face difficulties? Confess your forgetful, faithless, grumbling instinct and pray that He would grant you repentance.

3 - Can you recall a time recently that God reminded you of His goodness before you indulged in some temptation to sin, and by grace spared you from that sin? Thank Him for His work of grace upon grace in your life!

4 - What trial or difficulty are you most aware of in your life (internal or external)? Ask Him to grant you an awareness of His “with-ness in your wilderness” and pray that you might see this time as an adventure in faith with Him.