The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, July 5, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
TOPIC: GOD HATES MURMURING
TEXT: Exodus 17: 1 – 7
1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
The Daily Fountain Devotional Tuesday, July 5, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
Today’s' passage brings before us the incidence of murmuring at the water of Massah and Meribah where the children of Israel angrily put God to test. They murmured against Moses the servant of God, not knowing that they had murmured against God who led them to that location. It was common for the children of Israel to complain and murmur against God and His servants at the slightest uncomfortable situation. This was because they magnified their problems and saw no solution coming from God - a display of unbelief. They were quick to forget that it was God who had been meeting their physical, spiritual and military needs since the commencement of the journey and God saw their murmuring as lack of faith in Him.
As a child of God, be careful not to murmur against God. If God could answer your prayers in the past, He can handle your situations today. Do not murmur but trust Him for the best. Pray about your situation and believe His word. Be careful, for when you think He is so far away; He might be testing your heart and faith in Him. Just trust that He can give you new songs; prayerfully seek His face and keep believing His Word. It shall be well with you.
Prayer: Lord God, help me to avoid murmuring but trust in You always, in Jesus' name. Amen