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Friday of the Seventh Week after Easter
Daily Lectionary: Numbers 20:1-21; Luke 20:19-44
And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. (Numbers 20:11)
In the Name of Jesus. Amen. Oops. Have you ever messed something up so badly that almighty God Himself banned you from ever going home again? I would bet that you haven’t, but Moses certainly did. God specifically told Moses to “tell the rock” to bring forth water for the people of Israel. But that’s not what Moses did. He assembled the crowd and basically said, “Hey, y’all, watch this!” before striking the rock with his staff.
Why didn’t God embarrass Moses right then and there by refusing to let the water gush forth since Moses had acted so selfishly? Because He was thinking in much broader terms than Moses was. He had His whole assembled people to care for, so He allowed the water to flow, even if Moses had openly rebelled against His command. Of course, this is the sin that keeps Moses from ever entering the Promised Land. His only glimpse is from Mount Nebo much later, right before he dies.
Even with Moses’s open rebellion against Him, God the Father still has mercy on His people. He always works to care for His people, even when His people do exactly what He tells them not to do. Our God is a God of love, a God of mercy, a God of grace. Even when you sin and mess up so badly that you wonder why He doesn’t just blast you into atoms with a lightning bolt, your God loves you. He may not be happy with you, and you may suffer the consequences of rebelling against Him, but he still loves you, just like your parents do even when they ground you.
Ultimately, God punished Moses’s sin through Jesus, just as He punishes your sin through Jesus, too, because He knew that there was no way you could ever satisfy on your own His demands for perfection or for salvation. Thanks be to God that He is a God of mercy, pity, and grace for you! Thanks be to God that Jesus has borne your failures so that you may live with Him for all eternity where the River of Life freely flows from His throne! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Living God, Your almighty power is made known chiefly in showing mercy and pity. Grant us the fullness of Your grace to lay hold of Your promises and live forever in Your presence; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for the Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter)
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By Higher Things®Daily Lectionary: Numbers 20:1-21; Luke 20:19-44
And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. (Numbers 20:11)
In the Name of Jesus. Amen. Oops. Have you ever messed something up so badly that almighty God Himself banned you from ever going home again? I would bet that you haven’t, but Moses certainly did. God specifically told Moses to “tell the rock” to bring forth water for the people of Israel. But that’s not what Moses did. He assembled the crowd and basically said, “Hey, y’all, watch this!” before striking the rock with his staff.
Why didn’t God embarrass Moses right then and there by refusing to let the water gush forth since Moses had acted so selfishly? Because He was thinking in much broader terms than Moses was. He had His whole assembled people to care for, so He allowed the water to flow, even if Moses had openly rebelled against His command. Of course, this is the sin that keeps Moses from ever entering the Promised Land. His only glimpse is from Mount Nebo much later, right before he dies.
Even with Moses’s open rebellion against Him, God the Father still has mercy on His people. He always works to care for His people, even when His people do exactly what He tells them not to do. Our God is a God of love, a God of mercy, a God of grace. Even when you sin and mess up so badly that you wonder why He doesn’t just blast you into atoms with a lightning bolt, your God loves you. He may not be happy with you, and you may suffer the consequences of rebelling against Him, but he still loves you, just like your parents do even when they ground you.
Ultimately, God punished Moses’s sin through Jesus, just as He punishes your sin through Jesus, too, because He knew that there was no way you could ever satisfy on your own His demands for perfection or for salvation. Thanks be to God that He is a God of mercy, pity, and grace for you! Thanks be to God that Jesus has borne your failures so that you may live with Him for all eternity where the River of Life freely flows from His throne! In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. –Rev. Duane Bamsch
Living God, Your almighty power is made known chiefly in showing mercy and pity. Grant us the fullness of Your grace to lay hold of Your promises and live forever in Your presence; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. (Collect for the Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter)