2 Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. 3 They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the LORD! 4 Why did you bring the LORD’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here? 5 Why 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!”
6 Moses 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. 7 The 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.”
9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him. 10 He 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?” 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12 But 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.”
speak to the rock vs. struck the rock
sounds so minor and yet 'because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in '......
Moses and Aaron face down
David arms lifted in praise
The healed woman falling face down at the feet of Jesus after being healed....the man w/the impure spirit falling to his knees in front of him
the posture of the elder brother, the contrast scary this morning. the idea of such weakness this morning.....weakness??? really??? that's what comes to mind for me this morning?? weakness??? showing me how far away I am all of a sudden? yesterday wanting to live drenched to today so self protective and dry.....how did i get here and more importantly when will i get back? the cycle is that short? what happened ? I can't repent of something i can't see.....my lack of trust, faith...what happened?? how did i get from soft and dependent to this place of hardness and fear??
what brand of self righteous crazy do i carry around with me that it is so easy to lose my need of and for You??
Yes I am sad at this realization but no closer to seeing how i got here? and when You show it to me i pray to like the woman healed, the crazy man in the cemetary.....like Moses when he hears he doesn't get to go into the land.....David when he sinned....not run away in shame....take it and learn, no take it and be healed......
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