I have hidden Thy word in my heart.
(Picture by Lisa R)

Exodus 16. “The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, ‘If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death'” (Verses 1-3). Note where they have landed, in the Desert of Sin. Sadly it is apropos. For this is where God would do His winnowing. This is a picture of life as we live it. Often times it is in the desert of our sin that God shows us our hearts. It is there we see our weaknesses and our failures, it is there that the mirror reflects the brightest. God didn’t bring them there to kill them, He brought them there to cleanse them and to give them the opportunity to choose Him over sin. The same opportunity is given to us in our time of desert travel. God doesn’t bring us to the desert to kill us, no, it’s to cleanse us and give us a chance to start afresh. So in the desert don’t whine. Praise. Praise God for the opportunity to change.