Tests

 Exodus 14-16; Acts 2 

“…There the Lord made a decree and a law for them, and there he tested them. He said, ‘If you  listen carefully to the voice of 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.’”

Exodus 15:25, 26

Does God still test his people?

Does he allow us to get really thirsty in “desert” periods of our lives, so that we, too, would learn to listen carefully to his voice and follow his commands?

It is interesting that it was through this test of bitter water at Marah that God revealed his name as “Jehovah Rapha” – the Lord who heals. It is on the other side of the test, when we have cried out to the Lord and surrendered our bitterness and rebellion, that we discover God’s healing presence.

What tests in our lives has God allowed so that we, too, will learn to listen to the Word and obey it?

We all want healing on our own terms. God wants covenant relationships of intimacy.

“Lord Jesus, I choose to listen and obey this day, for your glory.”