Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

When life leaves you dry and desperate, will you panic or trust the one who provides living water?

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Exodus,

the gospel one rescue at a time.

In this episode, Paul walks through Exodus 15, 22, through 27

to show how God uses seasons of need to teach his people to trust and obey,

ultimately pointing us to Jesus,

the only one who can truly satisfy our deepest spiritual thirst. To hear more of these

studies, visit paultrip.com slash Exodus. Now here's Paul, teaching from Exodus 15. Faith really is

unnatural for us. Fear is natural, anxiety is natural, playing the what-ifs and the if-only's in your brain is natural.

But faith is unnatural for us.

Well, this is Exodus 15, 22 through 27, and I've entitled it Living Water. Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of shore.

They went three days in the

wilderness and found no water. And when they came to Mara, they could not drink the water of

Mara because it was bitter. Therefore it was named Mara. And the people grumbled against Moses

saying, what shall we drink? And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log,

and he threw it into the water,

and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule where he tested

them saying, if you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is

right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians,

for I am the Lord your healer.

Then they came to Elim where there were 12 springs of water and 70 palm trees,

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