HEAR Journaling - Exodus 15
Highlight – Exodus 15:22-27 New Living Translation
Bitter Water at Marah
22 Then Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea, and they moved out into the desert of Shur. They traveled in this desert for three days without finding any water. 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. 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. 26 He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
27 After leaving Marah, the Israelites traveled on to the oasis of Elim, where they found twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there beside the water.
Explain – The Lord led the people to the bitter waters at the oasis of Marah. The people complained about the bitter waters. Moses cried out to the Lord for help, and He instructed Moses what to do to make the water pure. He explained to Moses that if he would listen carefully to the voice of the Lord, do what is right in His sight, obey His commands, keep His decrees, they could avoid diseases that were sent to the Egyptians. He is the God of healing.
Apply - We see that God purposely led them to the bitter waters of Marah for a valuable life lesson. We can be confused when God leads us to what we think is the wrong destination. We can further confuse ourselves by trying to understand the ways of God with our own meager mortal minds. We must remember that God’s ways are best, we need to trust in Him fully, mind, soul, mind, and strength. We must listen and obey and we will experience His peace and joy through our life journey.
Psalm 119:2 ESV Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
John 5:30 ESV “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
1 John 5:2-3 ESV By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
John 8:31-32 ESV So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Luke 1:6 ESV
Joshua 22:2 ESV
Psalm 103:18 ESV
Respond – Lord, thank You for Your faithfulness. Help me Lord to stay on the right path in accordance with Your will. I strive to follow You obediently and faithfully forever. I pray for any that do not know You, Lord. Amen.
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