Exodus 17:1-7
Water from the Rock
The Israelites are desperate and thirsty people
on their journey to Rephidim.
They were upset with Moses and doubted that God
was listening or concerned about their predicament.
They whined, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt?"
God commands Moses to strike a rock
with the staff that he used on the water of the Nile River.
The action produced the miracle of water.
God was present there at Mount Sinai (Horeb).
Moses named the place Massah
which means "test"
and Meribah which mean "quarreling".
God's grace is evident here in this story
as He provides for those
who are grumbling and unhappy.
The rock in this account is symbolic of Jesus Christ
-the Rock-
who was smitten on the cross.
The rock produces life giving waters of
salvation for us.
Psalm 95
is another reading for March 8.
Here is the Rock of our salvation.
There is the warning to listen to His voice!
Do not harden your hearts
like they did at Meribah and and Massah.
They saw, but still didn't listen and obey.
It is a reminder that we have a "memory problem."
We see God's provision for us all the time but
in a time of challenge, or wilderness, we doubt.
It is a reminder for me to notice
whose voice I am listening to in my days.
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