Bitter Into Sweet | Lessons From The Wilderness

God is once again calling His Church to remember. Remember who we were created to worship. Remember where we were when He came for us. When we again find ourselves pinned down by impossible circumstances and hear the echoes of accusation pursuing us, we must remember that it is He who is fighting for us, leading us and bringing us into a land flowing with milk and honey. In this hour, it’s time for us follow the fire by night and cloud of His presence by day.In this sermon titled Bitter Into Sweet from our Lessons From the Wilderness series, Lee Cummings teaches on bitterness and how the Gospel is the only solution to turning the disappointments and hurts of our past and make them sweet.Focus Scripture // Exodus 15:22-27 (ESV)“Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. 24 And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 26 saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer. 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water.”Sermon HighlightsThe only thing that heals bitterness is a revelation of the cross.Part of our journey towards the promises of God is dealing with the deep issues of our heart.Bitterness is often the unseen source that is poisoning our lives and limiting our capacity to walk in the promises of God. The antidote for our bitterness is the cross.The Gospel is the only thing that can turn the disappointments and hurts of our past and make them sweet.The cross instructs our hearts that disappointment is not the final word. Healing and peace is.The testing from the Lord is out of His compassion for us.Sometimes it takes faith.The voice of the Lord is greater than the voice of fears.