Divine Deliverance

Water from the Rock

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. Exodus:17.1-6

Exodus is God’s drama of taking the water of life from evil and giving it to the good. Human beings are about 60% water. The Earth is about 70% covered with water. Yet, deserts and rocky terrain abound, and many souls die of thirst. Exodus teaches that, in God, we have surety of life-sustaining water, even when it is not visible. Just as sure as there are pipelines, canals, wells, springs, French drains, downspouts, rain barrels, etc., global Christianity will be furnished with proximate water: Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst (John:6.35).

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