SIN OF MOSES
Numbers 20:1-13

Without a doubt, Moses was a giant in the hand of God. God called Moses for His name to be greatly glorified. Moses had forty years of training in the palace, forty years of training as a shepherd, and forty years of shepherding the children of Israel though the wilderness on the way to the Promised Land. It is a very strong message from God, that a man of such a high calling could sin The sin of Moses came to be when, “Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8 “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” (Numbers 20:7-8) Moses was to respond to the request of the children of Israel for water when God commanded him to speak to the rock. Failure to listen to a simple command is same as failing to a difficult and challenging command because it will provoke a consequence that could be eternally painful. Moses did not speak as God had commanded, but he went in his own way, “Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly, and the congregation and their animals drank.” (Numbers 20:11) Before he struck the rock he had caused the children of Israel out and called them names that God did not ask him to do. The move of Moses did not settle well with God. As a result God responded to Moses and Aaron, “…Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” (Numbers 20:12) Life time journey ended up in the wilderness. Just simple disobedience, and Moses was simply terminated from getting to the Promised Land. Moses pleaded to God, but God did not reverse His judgment towards Moses. Indeed not to believe God is not to fear Him, and not to fear Him is not to obey Him fully as commanded. The sin of Moses was serious enough for us to learn that, despite the blood of Jesus, God is to be taken seriously in every area of His word for us not to fall. The apostle Paul warned, “Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” (1 Corinthians 10:12) If Moses, a giant in the hand of God, a man that saw it all, except the face of God, fell for not believing God to hallow God. It will take the grace of the blood of Jesus for every man to get through the journey of life.
Prayer for today: Father, deliver me from every spirit of unbelief.