The healing way (Exodus 15:23-26)

Posted on September 5, 2018 
Filed under Theology

“When they came to Marah they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter” (Exodus 15:23). This happened to God’s people, after their redemption from Egypt, when he was leading them.

We may rightly regard the incident as a picture not only of the trials of life, but more particularly of the trials of our Christian pilgrimage. The question of fundamental importance, therefore, was—and still is—what was the attitude of God’s people to such a trial? Or what is our attitude? …

– The Australian Church Record continues to republish Alan Stibbs’ biblical reflections from 1960.