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and go. Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”
    So Moses did as he was commanded and the people drank the water that flowed from the rock. Isn’t God gracious? He looks beyond His people’s faults and sees their needs! He didn’t scold them. He didn’t send fire down from heaven to fry them! He didn’t say to Moses, “Step aside, I’m going to liquefy them!” Instead, He gave them water to drink.
    Only Jesus can satisfy the world’s thirst and hunger!
    Even when the Israelites grumbled earlier in Exodus 16 because they were hungry, do you know what God said to Moses? He said, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.” (Exodus 16:4) His response was to give them bread to eat every day. And it was no ordinary bread! He gave them more than they had asked for. He gave them bread from heaven!
    The bread represents Jesus, who is the true bread from heaven. When Jesus walked on earth, He said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35) The water represents His unlimited supply and refreshment. Only Jesus can satisfy the world’s thirst and hunger!
    God saw beyond His people’s grumbling. He didn’t just see their physical needs, He saw their need for a Saviour. He gave them water and bread to meet their physical needs, but He also gave them the living water and the bread of life to meet their spiritual needs as well.
    God Loves You Despite Your Disobedience
    My friend, you may be like the Israelites, complaining to God because of your difficult circumstances. You may not be happy with God. You may be resisting His call on your life. But God still loves you despite your complaints, your disobedience or your wrong behaviour. Be sure of this: It is His goodness, not His judgment, that will lead you to repentance. (Romans 2:4)
    I’m not encouraging you to be bad or to continue in disobedience, but even when you blow it, God doesn’t hold your sin against you. (Romans 4:8) God doesn’t bless you or withhold blessings from you based on what you’ve done right or what you’ve done wrong.
    You may wonder about this and ask, “Pastor Prince, has God gone soft then? Has He lowered His standards of holiness?” No, He hasn’t! Despite what you do or don’t do, the reason God blesses you is that Jesus was obedient to the point of death. God blesses you because of His Son’s work on the cross, not because of your good works. His blessings in your life are the result of His obedience, not your obedience! It is His beating, not your beating, that results in the blessings in your life!
    He Was Beaten So That We Can Be Blessed
    How do we know that it is Jesus’ beating that brought forth the water for the Israelites in the desert? Well, we know that a rock had to be struck. And we know from 1 Corinthians 10:4 that the rock God told Moses to strike was Christ — “and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.”
    In Exodus 17:6, the Lord Himself declared, “Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Now, this is one of the most remarkable statements in this story. When I first read it, it touched my heart. The Lord told Moses to hit the rock. But who was standing there? The Lord Himself! It is a picture of Christ the Rock being smitten on the cross for our sins!
    The nails in the cross did not keep Him on the cross. It was His love for you that kept Him there!
    The judgment and punishment of God were meant to fall on us because of our sins, but Jesus stepped in front of us and “boom!” — the beating fell on Him instead! He stepped in and absorbed the blow for us. He was beaten so that we can be blessed!
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