2Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. 3They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord! 4Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here? 5Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!”
6Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. 7The Lord said to Moses, 8“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
9So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence, just as he commanded him. 10He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” 11Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”–Numbers 20
- MOSES WAS IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
- GOD PROVIDED THE ANSWER.
- MOSES DECIDED TO MAKE IT MORE ABOUT HIM THAN ABOUT GOD.
- GOD STILL WORKED THE MIRACLE AND PROVIDED FOR HIS PEOPLE.
- GOD PUNISHED MOSES FOR MAKING HIMSELF HIGHER AND GOD LESS IN THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE.
- IF EVEN MOSES CAN BE PUNISHED FOR HIS SIN, WE SHOULD ALL BE CONVICTED AND HUMBLED.
- ARE THERE ANY TIMES WHEN WE DO IN OUR HEARTS WHAT MOSES DID?–JMB
Joel M Bradshaw 
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