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1-7節--活水湧流

出埃及記 第17章

神為何要人受苦？神為何不滿足人的願望？神為何要延遲答允我們的要求？你曾否為到你本人或你的朋友，提出過類似的問題呢？

這些難題可說是千古之謎。就正如經文中的以色列民，無法理解神為何領他們到一個全無水源的地方，以致他們苦無水喝。但其實，神領他們到那裡，是為了要他們學習另一項的功課。

可惜，以色列人並沒有尋求神的心意是要他們學習甚麼；他們只懂得向神和他們的領袖大發怨言。向神發怨言，是對神不敬的表現；它等於質疑神的帶領。而且，怨懟的心態是很容易互相感染的；當一個人開始發怨言，其他人也很容易跟著抱怨。然而，埋怨只會消耗我們的精力；我們在困難中應保留精力，求神幫助我們去尋求解決的方法。

但神的恩慈無限。祂不單沒有為到百姓的怨懟而責罰他們，反而吩咐摩西用杖去敲打一塊磐石，接著便有水湧流出來。

被摩西敲打的磐石，果然流出活水。百姓只需輪流取水，就能解渴。神已經預備一切，百姓若還口喝，就只能怪自己，不能再埋怨神的供應不足。

摩西只需敲打磐石一次，水就源源流出。有趣的是，自從這次缺水之後，便一直要到四十年後的飄流尾聲，當以色列人的下一代需要再次認識神的能力和神有充足的供應，才再出現缺水的事件(參民數記二十章1至13節)。

保羅在哥林多前書十章4節指出「那磐石就是基督」。那是指到基督在各各他山上，為我們一次而永遠地受苦。從基督那靈磐石中已經湧出了生命的活水，它是為我們白白傾流的；任何人都可以取這水喝，就能得著生命的飽足。

頌讚：

頌讚耶穌基督賜給我們生命的活水。

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WATER FOR THE THIRSTY

Why does God allow suffering? Why doesnt God do the things we expect him to do? Why doesnt he act more quickly? Have you ever tried to answer questions like these, either for yourself or for someone else?

It is never easy to answer that kind of question. The Children of Israel could not understand why God had led them to a place where there was no water for them. But they had been brought there to learn another lesson in Gods school.

Once more instead of learning from God, they were murmuring against him and against their leader. Murmuring dishonours God. It says that God doesnt know what he is doing. Murmuring is catching. When one person starts to do it, it soon spreads. Murmuring also wastes our energies, which could be used for God in other ways.

God is wonderfully gracious however. Instead of pouring out judgement on the people, he told Moses to hit a particular rock with his rod and water would come out. That is exactly what happened.

When Moses struck the rock, it gave life-giving water. All that the people had to do was to take and drink. God had done the rest. If they refused to drink and were still thirsty, it was their own fault and God was not to blame.

The rock was struck only once. It is interesting that the need of water is not mentioned again until near the end of the 40 years of wanderings, when a new generation needed a display of Gods power and provision (see Numbers 20:1-13).

Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:4 that rock was Christ. It is a picture of how Christ was smitten for us on Calvary once for all. From him has come the water of life and it is free for everyone to take it for themselves.

A PRAISE NOTE:

Thank God today for Jesus Christ, the wonderful water for life.

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