God Saved me in the Desert

They came to Marah, a place where the waters were undrinkable.

Desert Lessons: 7 Things We Can Learn from the Israelites' Wandering Years

In the mind of the Hebrews it appears as though God has led them into the wilderness to suffer lack and loss. Vast, dry, harsh land. It says that God made them a statute and a rule, that He tested them. He did this to show them that though they are in the wilderness their God is able to provide all that they need out of WHO HE IS, whether what they have or where they are provides it or not.

As they continue from this miracle where 2 million people received water to drink, they come into a part of the wilderness with 12 springs of water, and 70 palm trees! How amazing this must have been to see, a water well for each tribe!

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The clear lesson is that God is teaching His formerly enslaved people who He is, what He can do, and what His heart is for them. They may be in the wilderness, but their God is able to provide oasis realities whenever they are needed in the journey of the wilderness until they get to the Promise Land of milk and honey.

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And now he had returned from the wilderness to Egypt in obedience to the call of God on his life. We all know the outcome.

Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let the people go and thereby brought down destruction on his people. Two points need to be understood here.

Desert Lessons: 7 Things We Can Learn from the Israelites' Wandering Years

First, the purpose of their deliverance was so the people could worship. The object of their freedom was not simply their emancipation. The purpose was the worship of God.

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Praise is almost always the answer to a plea that arises in the desert. There Israel would experience lamentable thirst. In the wilderness the rock would be struck and water miraculously provided.

Deserts humble us

Exodus 16; Numbers In these and numerous other instances, it was powerfully yet not convincingly demonstrated to the people what their God was worth. And that is the central issue of worship: What is God worth? In the wilderness the children of Israel discovered that above all others, He was worthy. He was the Father they wanted. He was the Provider they needed. Christian Standard Bible He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; he surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of his eye. God became your fortress, protecting you as though you were his own eyes.

Good News Translation "He found them wandering through the desert, a desolate, wind-swept wilderness. He protected them and cared for them, as he would protect himself. Holman Christian Standard Bible He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of His eye.

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He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.

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New Heart English Bible He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were helpless.