Exodus 17 -- More Tests From The World

"Every new trial they experienced only brought out the worst in them," my commentary said about the Israelites as they set off across the wilderness.  They'd already complained about having no water, and God had provided, so now He was repeating the test.  "Every difficulty God permits us to encounter will become either a test that will make us better or a temptation that can make us worse, and it's our own attitude that determines which it will be," my commentary continued.

Verses 8016 were entitled, "God defeats our enemies," and I read, "The devil is our greatest enemy and he uses the world and the flesh to oppose us.  Just as Israel was delivered from Egypt by the power of God, so God's people today have been delivered 'from this present evil world through the victory of Christ.  We are in the world physically, but not of the world spiritually and therefore must not become conformed to the world."

We are now seated at the right hand of Christ spiritually, while we remain in our bodies physically, attracted by temptations of the flesh, thinking that we are here.  That's an important thing we have to set our minds to.

Father, help me to know and understand and remember this.  Help me to trust You to get me through it all!

 

Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford