Last night’s devotion with wifey was on Deut 32– 34
One of the passage nearing the end was that Moses did not get to enter the promise land.
On that same day the LORD told Moses, 49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.” Deut 33:48-52
It caught my attention and I began to search for that incident at Meribah Kadesh. It appeared in Numbers 20:8-13
“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”
13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a] where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he was proved holy among them.
So this was the incident which Moses and Aaron “broke faith” with God.
Seems to me that the pressure and frustration of leading the complaining Israelites community got the better of Moses at that time.
Fair enough, considering that he is also human. However, for someone who has been walking so closely with God all those while, it is apparently unacceptable.
More is expected of Moses and he failed at that instance. It was a waste, because it could have been better for Moses …
One of the passage nearing the end was that Moses did not get to enter the promise land.
On that same day the LORD told Moses, 49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.” Deut 33:48-52
It caught my attention and I began to search for that incident at Meribah Kadesh. It appeared in Numbers 20:8-13
“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”
13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a] where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he was proved holy among them.
So this was the incident which Moses and Aaron “broke faith” with God.
Seems to me that the pressure and frustration of leading the complaining Israelites community got the better of Moses at that time.
Fair enough, considering that he is also human. However, for someone who has been walking so closely with God all those while, it is apparently unacceptable.
More is expected of Moses and he failed at that instance. It was a waste, because it could have been better for Moses …
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