Wednesday 10 Sep 2014

September 10: Numbers 20:7-12

Key Verse: Numbers 20:10
And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?”

Devotion:
When God had taken the people of Israel out of Egypt and Moses had got them in the middle of nowhere, they began to get a bit thirsty in the desert. The people all came to vent their anger at Moses and Aaron saying that it would have been better for them to die in captivity than to die alone in the desert. They turned on Moses and Aaron because they had told them of this wonderful place where God would lead them; not quite the same as they were looking at right now. How many times in our lives do we look at what is in front of us and blame God or someone else because it is not all wonderful and happy and peaceful like the bible says heaven should be like…

Well, to start with this is not heaven. We are on earth and we have to put up with the same stuff as everybody else on earth has to. If the rain stops falling then it stops falling for everyone around us. If an earthquake hits, it is not going to hit next door and leave us alone just because we believe in God! If we are next door the ground is going to shake just the same as it does next door! But God is with us and we should be believing that He has everything in hand.

The people of Israel knew God but were not believing that He was in control because the world around them was not as they thought it should be. Just like Peter started to sink after walking on the water when he saw it was rough sea he was walking on, we too lose track of the fact that this is God’s world and He is in control even when it is shaking and rattling. Moses and Aaron did not have the same depth of belief as they should have had either; God had told them what to do and they had to take it a step further just to make sure!

When God says to us that we need to take a small step forward in order to move forward we should not be trying to make a huge leap just to make sure we move forward. Just maybe God is taking us slowly at first to make a point. God does know what is best for us and He is in control despite all our worries and things we give in to. Believe in God every step and not just the one you can see you are taking.

Points to Ponder:
Do you trust a chair implicitly?

Are you trusting God with everything?