Exodus 15

Friday, March 16, 2007, 8:01:09 AM

Always Faithful . . . AlwaysDo you know what? God is Faithful! He is faithful Always! Even when we see ABSOLUTELY no way out of a situation!! Isn't that crazy!! It really does seem hard to imagine, but it is so true.Not only do we get to see God's faithfulness in our lives, but we also have a history of his faithfulness provided for us in His Word.Chapter 15 recounts a beautiful picture of God's faithfulness. It begins with a beatifull song where the Israelites praise God's faithfulness for allowing them to cross through the Red Sea. The song also praises God for the way He will continue to lead them in the future through future trails. With the song they choose to live in expectation of God's faithfulness. (they may later waver in this!!) This made me think about how important that is . . . to live with that choice, "I expect God to be faithful." We cannot predict what his faithfulness will look like, we cannot choose how He will be faithfull, but we CAN count that He will be! That my friends is GREAT NEWS!! Great great news!!At the end of the chapter . . . the Israelites begin to display impatience in God's faithfulness. As they approach Marah they thirty, but cannot drink the waters there because they are BITTER. The Israelites become frustrated, but Moses responds by CRYING out to the Lord. The Lord provides a piece of wood that turns the water into sweet drinking water. Again the Lord has been faithful to the Israelites to provide for all of their needs. Yep, all of them.