Tues.’s Devo - Our Rock

Read: Deut. 32:28-52, Luke 12:35-59, Ps. 78:56-64, Pr. 12:24 Moses finishes his last words to the children of Israel. It is not the best word because they are a rebellious people who were prone to wander from God. They will enter into the promised land and Moses will enter into death. It seems like a stiff punishment for Moses who faithfully led God’s people through the wilderness and makes this one mistake. This mistake was an important one. When Moses first left Egypt and his people had no water, God told him to strike the rock and Moses did. Water came out and the people were saved. We learned in 1 Co. 10:4 that that Rock was Christ. Jesus was struck once for our sins - he died once. To strike the rock again was to say that Jesus death was not enough. He was to speak to the rock, not strike it. Moses struck it twice out of anger. His act of anger messed up God’s picture for eternity so Moses sentence was death. Also, Moses stood for the law and the law has to die so that grace can prevail. Moses had to die and Joshua who stands for Christ had to prevail. Luke tells us that to whom much is given, of him much will be required. We could say that about Moses also. He was given a great responsibility, but with that came great experiences and grace. Jesus talks to us about what He came to do - start a fire. If we want to follow Him, we must also be baptized into that fire. It is a death to ourselves and a life to Him. One day He is coming back and we are to be ready. Thank you for being our eternal Rock.