...and brought forth
water for them out of the rock for their thirst, – Neh 9:15
Most, if not all, of us are familiar with the miracle
of water coming out of the rock for the children of Israel during their
wanderings in the wilderness.
The LORD had just previously rained down
miracle food from heaven to feed the Israelites due to their complaint to Moses
about hunger. The complaint now was about thirst, and they were threatening to
stone Moses because of it.
In response, the LORD told Moses to strike the
rock; and when Moses did, water came out for the people. Like I said, we all know
the story.
But what did it mean that water “poured out
from the rock?”
I’ve seen a few rocks in my lifetime; some of
them quite iconic; and, yes, there’re spots that were always wet with water.
You can tell them by the characteristic green mouldiness of the algae that
always hang around there.
This is not that
type of “water-from-the-rock”.
There’re also several places on Earth where
water literally gushes out of rocks.
Like “Twin Falls” in Rock Island State Park, Tennessee, an underground waterfall
in Luxembourg, and another amazing waterfall in Sang Chan, Thailand.
But these aren’t Moses’ type of
“water-from-the-rock”; because the “waters” aren’t coming from these rocks, they’re just gushing through them.
Moses’ rock was in the dry Sinai Peninsula
desert; there weren’t water sources behind them. Furthermore, we often imagine the
water from the rock as something like water from a gushing fountain. But
considering that a rough estimate of the number of Israelites that left Egypt was
about 3 million, (apart from the cattle’s that they mentioned needed water as
well), any water that can satisfy them has to be of the order of a flood in the
wilderness!
Think about that. That’ll be a miracle if it
happened at the beach. Yet it happened in a dry wilderness. No wonder the
Psalmists kept repeating it over and over again (Ps 78:15-16; 105:41; 107:35; 114:8).
Beloved, don’t place a limit on what God can do
in your life. If He could overwhelm those grouchy, complaining and ungrateful Israelites
in the wilderness, I believe He can do even much more for you, His Beloved.
AMEN.
More Blessings await
you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus’ Name.
GREG ELKAN
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