Meditate On
Always Bring In the Cross
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters
of Marah, for they were bitter…And the people complained against Moses, saying,
“What shall we drink?” So he cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a
tree. When he cast it into the waters, the waters were made sweet.
Exodus 15:23–25
I love the story of how God turned bitter, poisonous
waters into sweet, refreshing waters for His people when they came to a place
called Marah (meaning “bitterness” in Hebrew). When the Israelites could not drink
the water, Moses cried out to the Lord. The Lord showed him a tree, which Moses
cast into the waters. When he did that, the Bible says that “the waters were
made sweet”.
I love how God’s solution then is still God’s solution
now: Throw in the tree—a picture of Jesus at the cross—to turn the bitter
waters sweet.
Today, in the midst of the bitter waters of your pain or
condition, I want to encourage you to bring in Jesus and see what He did for
you at the cross. Relief and healing don’t come from dwelling on your pain.
Bring in the tree—the cross of Jesus—and see your bitter waters become sweet!
BLESSINGS
JOSEPH PRINCE
