Friday, August 20, 2010

Water Provided from the Rock

This search of the scriptures is from Exodus 17:1-7.

Rephidim was the next location to encamp for the congregation of Israel. Because there was no water in Rephidim, Israel became angry with Moses, so angry, they were almost ready to stone him. Israel asked whether they were brought out of Egypt to be killed with thirst. They even asked whether God was with them or not.

Moses cried out unto the Lord and asked Him what he should do. "And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord saying, Is the Lord among us, or not" (Exodus 17:5-7)?

God's Hand in the Matter: Israel tempted the Lord, but He did not forsake them--God provided Israel with water from the rock.

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