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Water from a Rock

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I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. trike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink."
So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.

(Exodus 17:6)

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God's command to move was given to the Israelites who stayed in the Desert of Sin.
They arrived at a place called Rephidim, according to God's command..

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They pitched a tent to live in Rephidim. People went there to find the most essential water for life.

But they could not find water anywhere.

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People who were angry because they could not find water ran to Moses.
And they confronted Moses and said,

“Give us water to drink” They acted like people who had no idea what God was doing.

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Moses spoke harshly about their actions.

“Why are you talking to me?” Why? You are testing Jehovah God.”
But they listened to Moses and did not back down.

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Their complaints about not getting water started saying things they shouldn't say.

“Why did you bring us from Egypt?
Have you brought us and our children and livestock to death of thirst?”

They were ready to pick up stones and strike Moses at any moment.

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Moses went to Jehovah God and cried out.

“What shall I do with this people? They look like they are going to stone me at any moment.”

Moses prayed to Jehovah God, believing that he was the only one who could solve this problem.

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The Lord told Moses what to do.

“Go ahead of the people of Israel. Take some of the elders of Israel with you, and the staff that you used to strike the Nile with you.”

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God kept telling Moses what to do.

“I will stand before you on the rock of Mount Sinai. Strike the rock with your staff, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.”

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Moses did what God had told him to do.

He took the staff that struck the Nile in his hand. He went out before the people of Israel.
And he took the elders and came to the rock where God had spoken.

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Moses believed that Jehovah God was standing before him.

With faith in the word of God, he lifted up his staff high.

And he relied on the word of God and struck the rock with his staff.

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The moment Moses' staff touched the rock, an amazing scene occurred.
Water spring out of the rock. The water from the rock quickly turned it into an overflowing place.

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The water from the rock flowed to the place where the Israelites were. The Israelites began to drink water from the rock. It broke Moses' heart to see the people drinking and rejoicing.

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The Israelites experienced God who made the Red Sea cross over land.
However, their faith only crumbled in front of the small reason that they had no water to drink.
They blamed God for leading them and put Him to the test.

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Moses named the place Massa.

This means ‘the people of Israel quarreled and put God to the test.’

The people of Israel did not believe in God and did a really terrible thing to put God to the test.
It also came to be called Meribah.

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The Israelites did not act in faith when they encountered difficulties without water.

They showed wickedness in testing and resisting God.

A person of faith is a person who believes in God's power and prays like Moses when he encounters something.

When Moses humbly approached God and prayed even in the midst of a crisis that people would stone him, an amazing miracle occurred when water came out of the rock.

We who have been saved through faith in Jesus are special people who can pray to God.

No matter what difficulties we face, we should strive to become people who, like Moses,
can accomplish great miracles by first praying to God and obeying God's Word.

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