==== Water From the Rock ==== Notes: * See Wiersbe, pp. 174-175) * "He [God] had proved that He was able to provide water and food for them, so why were they quarreling with Moses? //Because their hearts were still in Egypt!.// * "Every difficulty God permits us to encounter will become either a test that can make us better or a temptation that can make us worse." (Wiersbe, p. 174) * Compare above to Romans 8:28, and James 1:121-15. * The rod symbolized God's power. * A gracious God met the needs of a complaining people. * "Massah" means "to test" and "Meribah" means "contention, quarreling."