Thought For Today – January 17
Speak To The Rock!
By: Robert A. Searles
By: Robert A. Searles
“And
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take thy rod, and gather thou the
assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother ,and speak ye unto the
rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou
shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the
congregation and their beasts drink. And Moses took the rod from before
the Lord, as he commanded him. And Moses and Arron gathered the
congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, hear now,
ye rebels, must we fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lifted
up his hand, and with his rod, he smote the rock twice: and the water
came out abundantly , and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
And
the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, because ye believed me not, to
sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.”
Numbers 20: 7-12.
As
God spoke to Moses and Arron in the wilderness, so he speaks to us
today, telling us to “Speak to the Rock”. As unto unbelievers, he says
to us as he said to Moses - just to paraphrase - “Because ye believed
me not” therefore ye shall not receive the blessings which I had planned
for you.
It
was God's intention for Moses and Arron to lead the congregation of
Israel into the promised land which flowed with milk and honey, but
because Moses had not just taken God at his word and believed him when
he told him to speak to the rock and it would yield forth water,
instead, Moses took it upon himself to strike the rock with his staff,
thus thinking he could accomplish by works or by force, that which God
had promised would be accomplished by faith alone in the promises and
power of God.
Likewise,
we today, I fear, sometimes lose out on many of the blessings which God
intends for us to enjoy, simply because of the fact that we do not
believe God as we should and take him at his word. We try to work out
our own problems and difficulties and many times ignore the promises of
God when he tells us simply to believe him, and speak to him and trust
him to make good on his promises
What
a loss it was for Moses to be denied entrance into the promised land
because of his impatience with God! And what a tremendous loss it is
for us to lose blessings from God because of our unbelief.
God said to Moses, speak to the rock and it shall bring forth water. God says to us today- ask and it shall be given thee
Let
us by faith ask God to supply our needs, and believe his promise that
he will provide, and not try to by-pass God, as it were, and make
things happen, just by our own efforts. Trust in the Lord ,wait
patiently for him, and he shall bring it to pass.
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