ALMOST THERE
Exodus 15:22-27

The miracles of God are not to be kept quiet, but to be a testimony to what the Lord has done and evidence of what He can do. It is to be a constant reminder, energizing a believer in the journey of life. The children of Israel, having come out of bondage of over four hundred years, ran into a stumbling block on the way to salvation. The children of Israel were bewildered by the land, closed up by the wilderness, had nowhere to turn to, but to face the forces of Pharaoh or jump and die in the Red Sea. God in His goodness and mercy showed up on their behalf, and made a way in the middle of the Red Sea. God did not only make an ordinary passage, but He made a convincing way, a way that could never fail them in their passing through. “So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left.” (Exodus 14: 22) They walked on dry land, and the enemy’s attempt to walk on the same dry land became a death land for the enemy, while the children passed through. When God is behind a believer the enemy can never be more powerful. It cannot be imagined that the children of Israel, having passed through the Red Sea quickly forgot what the Lord had done, and entered into a rebellious acts against the Lord God. The children of Israel, coming out of the Red Sea, “Now when they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter. Therefore the name of it was called Marah.24 and the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” (Exodus 15:23-24) The complaint to Moses was an indirect complaint unto God, who sent Moses. Acts of complaining are acts of rebellion. All that could have been done was for them to cry unto the One that brought them that far. Does this sound like you? Are you quickly forgetting what the Lord has done? Right after God’s response, the bitter water became drinkable, “Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters.” (Exodus 15:27) If they had remembered what He had done, they would have known that He is ahead of them in challenging times. The Lord has not forgotten you. When you remember what He has done, He will render unto you more than your imagination.
Prayer for today: Deliver me, O Lord, from every spirit of complaining. Help me to constantly remember what you have done and what you can do.