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Numbers chapter 20 verses 10 and 11

then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock and he said to them,

Here now, you rebels, shall we bring water for you out of this rock?

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice and water came out abundantly and the congregation drank and their livestock.

Oh, there's so much here to dive into.

We won't dive into it all in light of just short time,

but the whole picture here is Moses just disobeyed

God in a way that would lead him to forfeit the opportunity to go into the promised land.

This was a massive moment in Moses' life in the history of God's people.

God had said not to strike the rock, but to speak to the rock.

God had said to do this in a way that would reflect his character.

What happens though is Moses takes this into his own hands, he strikes the rock out of

anger, much like he has done before, but you can hear it, you rebels, shall we do this for you?

And he didn't honor the Lord as holy before the people.

That's what verse 12 says.

So I want you to notice this and particularly

for those who are in any leadership position

in the church. The need in Numbers 20 was for water and the people got water.

So,

in justifies the means, right?

And whatever it takes, they got water, that's the point.

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