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August 5, 2025 45 mins

Is God really with me? The Israelites asked it. We still do. In the wilderness, when nothing seems to be going right, God is doing more than we see—testing our trust, transforming our hearts, and reminding us: His presence is the point. Watch this message and discover how to walk with God through the dry places.

 

All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?” 4 So Moses cried to the Lord, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.” 5 And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah[testing] and Meribah,[quarreling] because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord by saying, “Is the Lord among us or not? Exodus 17:1-7 ESV If you'd like to know more about Pinewood please visit us at https://pinewood.church/. And if you would like to join an online small group with friends then check out https://pinewood.church/crews. Let's grow together in community! To support the mission of Pinewood, which is to meet people where they are and point them to Jesus, then you can visit https://pinewood.church/give

 

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