The sojourning Israelites, thirsty, came to a place called Marah (bitterness) but could not drink the water there because it was bitter. They began to complain bitterly against Moses, adding their bitterness to an already bitter dilemma. Moses cried out to God about this situation. And under God’s direction, threw a certain tree into the bitter water and the bitter water became sweet.
“When they came to Marah they could not drink its waters for they were bitter…so the people murmured against Moses… And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree which he cast into the waters, and the waters were made sweet…” Exodus 15:23, 24, 25
The Lord provided the tree that turned the bitter undrinkable water into sweet refreshing water fit for His children to drink.
“…they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a sepulcher.” Acts 13:29
The tree at Marah is symbolic of the cross of Jesus, and just as that tree turned the bitterness into sweetness, so Jesus, Whom the Lord provided, turns our bitter situations sweet.
Beloved, is a “bitter waters” situation before you today? Remember all that Jesus accomplished for you on the cross and cast Him into your situation; He is the solution to “bitter waters” situations. Only Jesus can take away the bitterness you’re faced with and make it sweet.
Jesus sweetens all that’s bitter in your life! Hallelujah!
The Lord makes the Bitter, Sweet ©2013 Shelley Johnson
Photo: on Nelson Island Trinidad
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