Steps Toward Maturity

In Exodus 15 we see the Israelites celebrating one victory God had given when He made a way for them through the Red Sea, and then being confronted with another trial. God had brought them to the desert and after three days there was no water! This can sometimes be a picture of the Christian life too. Trials expose the junk God is trying to take out of our lives and the tests are the refining fire that He uses to change us. Ultimate God is growing and developing character as we surrender to the circumstances that are out of our control.