DCLM Sincere Milk 18 October 2025 — Marah
DCLM Sincere Milk 18 October 2025 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Marah
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Topic: Marah
Text: Exodus 15:22-25
22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
25And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Key Verse: “And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.” Exodus 15:23
Message
After the Israelites had crossed the Red sea, Moses led them into the deserts of Shur. They had been walking for three days but had not found a drop of water. They came to a place called Marah, but the water was so bitter that they could not drink it. Everyone started complaining. “What are we going to drink, Moses?” they asked. Marah means bitter. So, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw the wood into the bitter water and the water became fresh and sparkling.
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Do you think that the piece of wood Moses threw into the water was special in some way; that it flavoured the water or sucked up the bitter taste like a sponge? That piece of wood was probably like any other you would find lying in the desert. So, what made a piece of wood so special? The wood was not special at all – God made the bitter waters sweet! Problems like the Israelites faced, and the problems we face, remind us how much we need to rely on God. The Lord wants us to ask Him for help and trust Him to do the impossible.
God is still making bitter things sweet; He can take away your angry thoughts and bitter feelings and put the sweetness of His peace in your heart. He does this through the Holy Spirit Who is the Spring of living water that flows with love from each one who is born again.
Further Reading: Hebrews 12:15
Prayer for today: I pray Lord, that You will turn all the bitter things in my life to sweetness.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
