In Exodus 17:1-7, the people of Israel had driven Moses to the wall with their complaints. Their faith had dwindled due to the hardships they experienced and they mumbled against God and wanted to return to slavery. As a country, we are past mumbling and feeling entitled, I hope. I hope we realise how low we have sunk to attract such calamities as covid-19 and locusts. We corrupt without flinching, we engage in the worst forms of idolatry and immorality, we murder for pleasure or wealth and power, we enslave for pleasure. Yet God is willing to cleanse us and take us in to Himself, but only if we are willing to let go of the filth. The Lord heard the cry of Israel and gave them water, then manna, then meat, victory in countless battles and finally led them to the land of promise. Israel’s greatness can be traced to such humble beginnings. Are we willing to sincerely cry out to Him and to forsake our wily ways? Is our cry of repentance genuine?