What should we do when tribulations, disappointments, and sorrows come?
When tribulations, disappointments, and sorrows come, the believer should race to the foot of the cross, because that is where everything has been satisfied. Just as the tree cast into the bitter waters made them sweet, the work of the cross makes bitter experiences sweet for those who trust it.
Les explains that for us today everything begins and ends at the cross, and if we try to bypass the cross, we are just as hopeless as the Jews were in Egypt. So when tribulations, disappointments, and sorrows come, we should race to the foot of the cross, because that is where everything has been satisfied. He illustrates this with the tree cast into the bitter waters, which made the waters sweet. In the same way, the cross makes our bitter experiences sweet. After that, Moses led them by the cloud and the pillar of fire, the very presence of Jehovah, to an oasis with 12 wells and 70 palm trees, a place of rest, relaxation, and the satisfaction of thirst.