We never really know for sure that we have what we think we have until it is .

- : I AM your healer.


The we need is our offense at the ways of God.

God took Israel to a picture of what is in their hearts – the bitter waters called .

And He showed them what He wanted to do – to heal the bitterness and offense at Him so they could by faith follow Him and His heart to the places of .

“And is the one who is not offended by me.” Matthew 11:6

It’s in these moments we’ve all experienced when God doesn’t do things like we want or in the way we desire that offense can begin to enter our .

When we are offended at God, we are saying this: …

say, “This is what I think You should do, how I think You ought to do it, and when I believe the best time is for it to happen!”

says, “I trust You to fulfill in your way and in your time everything You’ve promised.”

put demands on our Father.

puts our trust in Him.

And we know that in all things God works for the of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

It is God’s grace that brings us to the waters of so that God can not only show us our heart, but His heart.

(At Sarah) Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of . He threw it in the water, and the water became sweet. Exodus 15:25

God died on a to show us the inexplicable magnitude of His goodness, the expanse of His love, to show us He has it all under control even when we are not sure.

When I’m on the banks of , the only answer is to throw some into my offense – to turn my focus to the cross.

When I really see the cross, it shouts the of the heart of God that is far grander than the disappointments I may carry.