By now, Moses’s irritation & aggravation at the Israelites was at a all time high. He had spent hours listening to them clamor & quarrel over the lack of water for them & their livestock. Which makes you wonder if he even heard God distinctly tell him to “speak to the rock” before the assembly, thus showing them the total power & authority of God? (Or maybe Moses was just remembering how God had instructed him several times before to “strike his rod”…on the Nile, on the dust, or on a previous rock.) But this time was different…God wanted Moses to speak the miracle into fruition. But we can see only few verses later that the frustration & anger inside Moses got the better of him. Instead of simply obeying God’s instructions, Moses spoke in anger…usurped God’s authority…and acted violently without cause as he struck the rock not just once, but twice…misusing the rod of God. But despite this blatant disobedience, God still graciously allowed the water to flow for the people. For He is the Rock of our Salvation. Psalm 95:1
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