Dear Family,
Today is Monday, April 26, 2021. This is Day 2 of Week 5 in our Counting toward Pentecost. It is our 30th day of Counting.
During this week of Water from the Rock we find Israel without water. Looking at this situation through human eyes, we can readily understand that such circumstances could easily end in a physical disaster for the group.
H2O is required to sustain life (as we know it) on this planet. God made all humans to need an adequate amount of water on a regular basis. What humanity needs to understand about this scenario is that when God creates a need, He intends to fill it. He receives glory from doing so. God even takes care of the plants and animals on this planet. And, humans are of MUCH MORE VALUE than animals and grass. Jesus talked of this marvelous phenomena in His sermons.
The book of Psalms tells us God even created our desires, and He satisfies them. Psalm 145:16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
God’s creation of us with these built-in needs is an important part of His Master Plan to seat us eternally with Him. Clearly, God wants us to be dependent on Him and trust Him for the absolute basic necessities of our existence. As we do this we come to understand and know that He will never fail those who trust in Him.
Here are a FEW of the promises God binds Himself to do when His people truly trust in Him.
Psalm 2:12b … Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Psalm 18:30b … he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Psalm 28:7 The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore, my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalm 32:10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Psalm 37:40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
The Word of God is full of such promises, made by the Being Who cannot lie (Titus 1:2). When there was no water at Rephidim, God was just giving Israel a chance to trust Him and receive an even greater blessing than just physical water. God promises many, many types of blessings for those who simply trust in Him. Even though Israel did not trust Him, He gave them ample water. God is good!
May God grant us grace to always trust in Him. Real WATER is on the way!
Ben Faulkner, Pastor
© Copyright 2021, Church of the Sovereign God