Wednesday Reading: Numbers 20:7-12
Key Verse: Numbers 20:8
8 Take the rod, and gather the assembly, you and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes. And it shall give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock. So you shall give the congregation and their animals drink.
Devotion:
How many times does God have to do something before you will believe that He is in it? How many times does He have to allow you to see that you have to depend on Him before you will depend on Him? How many times will it take before you simply believe Him?
For the Children of Israel as they wandered through the desert they came to several points along their journey when they questioned Moses and Aaron as to whether they were leading them astray or whether God was in it. Each time God had to make a public example so that the people would believe and each time they learned the hard way. We do not have to learn things the hard way because we do have God’s Word. We don’t have to fall flat on our faces before we can know that God is real; we just have to read about it and believe it. Is it that hard? Well, it must be because so many people have questioned God’s existence and His love towards us. Is it little wonder then that we should have to face other people that question why we believe?
When Moses and Aaron were faced this time they enquired from God what they should be doing. God gave them the instructions above, to take the rod and to talk to the stone from which the water would flow. Even Moses must have had a niggling doubt because he took his rod and then he hit the rock twice. God does not want us to do everything the hard way all the time; He just wants us to believe Him and obey Him. Is it that hard to trust and obey His Word? Is it that hard to believe that God can do things just through us talking to Him? If God can talk the universe into existence why should we think that there has to be some cataclysmic event before anything can happen?
Points to Ponder:
Are you growing weary of your daily challenges?
How much do you depend on God?
