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Topic: STEAM (12/03/15)
Moses could hear the echoes of grumbling, reverberating in his mind.

“ We wish we died like others who fell dead before the Lord!”

“Why on earth did you bring us out of Egypt to this terrible place?

“ No corn or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And no water to drink!”

Could not contain his frustrations and anger any longer, he struck the rock twice with the staff after screaming at them.

“ You rebels, must we bring you water from this rock?”

Moses must have felt vindicated to see water flowing from the rock. Perhaps he even heaved a sigh of relief, very glad that he blew off steam just now.

It must have come as an anticlimax to what he felt.

Trembled from head to foot, he received the Lord’s rebuke.

“Because you didn’t trust Me enough to honor Me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”

I believe the clamor must have played havoc with Moses's composure, and caused him to ignore the Lord’s specification. In sidestepping His direction, Moses failed to honor God as holy, sacred, different and distinct, before the Israelites. He did not obey God so he did not really trust Him. Faith and obedience go hand in hand, am I right? Almost without fail, I recoil at my reading of Matthew 7: 21-23. Have I been doing His will or merely doing things in His name?

Are not these things written for my learning? Moses’ mistakes can be my mistakes. Whatever the Israelites were facing can be mine too. There was nothing novel about their water problem. In fact, the Lord provided for them on the previous occasion. Surely, the incident offers us valuable lessons for trials and temptations in my life journey. I rejoice that my needs are met through the Lord Jesus Christ, the Captain of our life.

Thank You Father, I don’t have to walk my life journey alone. You have already provided the Lord Jesus to guide and lead me in times of peace and in the realm of pain, in dark times but also in uninspiring and routine times.
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Donna Powers
12/10/15
This was a nicely presented devotional and a lesson we all need to remember, at times
Glen Goddard
12/10/15
Nice reminder that all too often we "ignore the Lord’s specification."
C D Swanson 
12/11/15
Beautiful!

Powerful close..

God bless~
Brenda Rice
12/11/15
The story of Moses is one that offered many opportunities for one to lose their cool or blow off steam. You covered that well.

Thanks for sharing.
Loni Bowden-Horn 
12/13/15
Very nice devotional. A message on how letting off steam can cost you. Thanks for sharing.
Larry Whittington
12/13/15
Thanks for the reminder. Even though I try to obey showing my faith and trust in God, I fail. God seemed to have no grace for Moses. When I fail God, I have only his grace because I am in Christ as my hope.

Keep strong, follow God's words and keep writing.
tope Ogundare
12/13/15
"Have I been doing His will or merely doing things in His name? "
This is a very powerful line! Deep and thought provoking. Thanks for sharing