Once, while the Hebrews were wandering in this wilderness under Moses, they came to their leader demanding water. Since it looked like they were going to die of thirst, they questioned whether God was even with them. It was sort of a dark night of the soul that the whole community participated in. They asked,“ Is the Lord among us or not?” God miraculously provided water by having Moses strike a rock with his staff. After that, the people quieted down.
Later, though, a similar situation occurred where the people quarreled with Moses.“ There is no water to drink!” they lamented. Moses got mad. And this time, it was Moses who got in trouble. Again, he struck the rock and got water out of it, but God accused Moses of not having faith in him. We’ re not sure what exactly Moses did wrong. Maybe the problem was that Moses struck the rock twice, because once should have been enough if he really trusted God. Some have drawn
conclusions on the more elaborate implications of the rock as a type of Christ, who was struck once for our sins.
Whatever the hidden meaning of Moses’ s failure might be, we need to recognize that the New Testament applies these events to Christians. Referring to the ancient Israelites, it says,“ They drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.” The water that the Israelites drank was a form of deliverance for them, and all deliverance ultimately comes from the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ. He is still the miraculous rock of grace and salvation for us today. He is the source that satisfies our thirst. And this is the point I want you to remember when the distress in your life becomes so great that you find yourself in desperation mode: We have to go to the right source of water for our thirst. We have to go to Jesus for help.
Some of the Israelites in the Sinai desert were faithful to God, their
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