"Water in the Wilderness" (Exodus 15:22-27)

“Water in the Wilderness” (Exodus 15:22–27)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday PM, January 7, 2018

Exodus 15:22–27 (NIV)

²² Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. ²³ When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah. ) ²⁴ So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

²⁵ Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.

There the Lord issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. ²⁶ He said, “If you listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, who heals you.”

²⁷ Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.

1. The Lord tests his redeemed people (22–23).

2. The Lord graciously hears the cries of his redeemed people and provides (24–25).

3. The Lord expects the obedience of his redeemed people (25–26).

4. The Lord refreshes and restores his redeemed people (27).

Main Idea: God tests us through troubles and trials so that we might learn that God is ‘the LORD who heals you.’ This growing faith fuels obedience to our Redeeming God.