What Is Your Bitterness

What is your bitterness? (Exodus 15:22-27)

22 So 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.

Moses just led the Israelites through the Red Sea

He did this on dry land, not muddy but 100% dry land

One of the greatest water miracles ever recorded in the Bible just happened 3 days ago

Pay attention to the 3 days

23 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.

After 3 days of traveling through the wilderness, they came to Marah

They was not able to drink the water b/c it was bitter

Scripture says that it was bitter. Not sure if it was sour, poisonous etc etc, just know that they was unable to drink it

My question I want to ask you today is what in your life is bitter

This message can be a huge help to us today if we will humble ourselves and admit that we have bitterness in our heart

Some churches will not sit on certain aisles b/c they are bitter towards someone sitting on the row

It goes on in church all the time

Someone parked in my Parking Spot, SIT IN MY SEAT,

SANG MY SONG, THEY LIKED SO AND SO POTATO SALAD BETTER THAN MINE

Do you hear how crazy this sounds?

Not even going to talk about work (co workers)

Home (spouses) (siblings)

Oh Yeah, it happens

I will ask you again, what has you bitter?

Bitterness is a silent killer

It will destroy your health, your wealth, your family, - IT WILL DESTROY YOU

Bitterness becomes resentment

Resentment becomes hatred

I am talking to you from experience, when you have all 3 of these in your heart

It is a recipe for disaster - it will take you down a road that you don’t want to travel

And if you don’t get it under control

It will take something from you

What are you willing to give up

Your testimony, family, friends, wealth or your life

B/c it will take one if not all of those

Bitterness is one of Satan’s popular attacks

See, he won’t hit you from the front, he is to smart for that, he is coming at you from the side when you can’t see it coming

He uses bitterness b/c he can keep it going, all he has to do is plant that seed in you of someone who wronged you or did evil against you

Some of you are thinking, I have no idea of what you have been through

And you are absolutely correct, I don’t - but I do know how he attacks and he doesn’t play fair at all

Keep your head on a swivel and you will start to see the attack

When you do, call them out, Don’t give him the satisfaction of robbing your joy

James 4:7

Stop doing the work for Satan, he is not going to quit, so make him at least work for it

We are helping this cat out way to much - He is wearing us out with this bitterness

Ask God to yoke up with you and resist that dude

He is strong but God is stronger

It is time that we stop bowing down to Satan and submit ourselves to God

We can’t stop the thoughts that Satan drops on us but we can control how we respond

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

Remember when I told you to remember the 3 days traveling

It has literally been 3 days since one of the greatest miracles occurred and now they are complaining

The Israelites must be Baptist?

B/C we are the biggest complainers at times

We live in the greatest country and we are the most dissatisfied people on Earth

Truth be told, if we are a Christian, we have NO reason to complain about anything

B/C we have the greatest gift of salvation and we get to spend eternity in heaven

That is why we truly have no reason to complain

25 And 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,

Notice that Moses cried out to God

He didn’t say anything to the Israelites when they was complaining

He was used to that

Moses cried out saying they are thirsty, they are going to die, its been 3 days with no water, I don’t know what to do

God then showed hime a tree? Did you hear that? Did you hear that? Did you hear that?