Waters made sweet

In Exodus 15 we read that Moses sang a song in appreciation about God and how glorious He is. At the end of the chapter we read that after a three day journey and no water that Israel begins to complain. It took no water and three days for Israel to get off focus and forget about the miracles of God. God told Moses to throw a log into the water and it became sweet and they were able to drink it.

How often after a great victory or a time of great worship with God that we can easily get our focus on something else like the problem or the sin or this or that. It probably did not take having no water and a three day journey, it may have been a phone call, sin, a confrontation, a bad day, an illness, a irritation of someone, or whatever it may have been did your focus get off God. Israel was able to witness God's mighty hand. They saw how he and he alone delivered them from bondage. They saw the plagues and when God spoke they happened and stopped. But they started to complain. I wish we could say we are better than Israel, but in all honesty I think we are worse. We get to see God's redemptive plan for mankind because we get to read what Jesus did for us. We know how mighty God is but still we get off track. Have you been off focus with something? Have you started to complain? As your pastor I would like to encourage to get back on track and refocus on who really matters, A wonderful and sovereign God. God is gracious and he will throw a log into our lives to get us back on track.