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Text: Exodus 17: 5-7

MEDITATION

Exodus 17:5-7

5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Go on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel. Also take in your hand your rod with which you struck the river, and go.
6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.”
And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 So he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE

1. The LORD’s word to Moses

a. He must face the people.

b. He must not allow fear to overwhelm.

c. It would be good to bring some elders with him.

2. The rod of Moses

a. This was symbolic.

b. It had struck the River Nile and turned it to blood.

c. The rod of Moses represented the power of God.

3. The mighty power of God

a. It was evidenced in the plagues unleashed on Egypt.

b. It was seen when they crossed the Red Sea dry-shod.

c. The might and majesty of God’s power were virtually forgotten in the face of the water-shortage problem.

4. A new miracle to be performed

a. Moses was asked to strike a Rock.

b. From the Rock water would gush out!

c. This happened as God had said. The elders witnessed this miracle.

5. Massah and Meribah

a. This area was called by this name.

b. Massah

i. It means “temptation” or “testing”.

ii. The children of Israel tested the LORD.

iii. They questioned the Presence of God with them.

c. Meribah

i. It means, “contention”.

ii. They had a fierce contention with Moses.

经文：出埃及记 17：5-7

沉思

《出埃及记 17：5-7》
5 耶和华对摩西说：“你手里拿着你先前击打河水的杖，带领以色列的几个长老，从百姓面前走过去。
6 我必在何烈的磐石那里，站在你面前。你要击打磐石，从磐石里必有水流出来，使百姓可以喝。”摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。

7 他给那地方起名叫玛撒，又叫米利巴，因以色列人争闹，又因他们试探耶和华，说：“耶和华是在我们中间不是？”

在生活里有意义地应用

1. 上帝对摩西的话

a. 他必须面对百姓

b. 他绝不能被恐惧制服

c. 能够与几个长老一同去是明智的

2. 摩西的杖

a. 这是有象征性的

b. 这杖曾击打尼罗河，将河水变为血

c. 摩西的杖象征着上帝的大能

3. 上帝的全能

a. 在埃及地所施行的灾殃显明了上帝的全能

b. 在以色列子民过红海时也显明了上帝的全能

c. 然而他们竟然在面对缺水问题时遗忘了上帝的伟大与权能

4. 一个全新的神迹

a. 摩西受吩咐击打磐石

b. 水必从磐石里流出来

c. 这是如上帝所说的。以色列的长老目睹了这个神迹。

5. 玛撒和米利巴

a. 这地区就称为此名

b. 玛撒

i. 就是“试探”的意思

ii. 以色列子民试探上帝

iii. 他们甚至质疑上帝是否与他们同在

c. 米利巴

i. 就是“争闹”的意思

ii. 他们与摩西起了强烈的争闹