Exodus 16-18
Yesterday, I said: Don’t you love it when people’s complaints are turned into songs of victory?
Today, I might say: Don’t you hate it when people’s songs of praise turn into grumbling and complaints?
The glitz and glamour of the great escape from Egypt is over; reality of desert life sets in. Where will they go? What will they drink? What will they eat? And when the answers are not readily available, look out; the tongues will wag! Just count how many times Moses uses the words grumbled and quarreled in this narrative. But praise God for the log that sweetened the water! Praise God for “bread from heaven!” Praise God for water from a rock! (Paul tells us: “That Rock was Christ!” 1 Corinthians 10:4)
And praise God for a wise father-in-law, to whom Moses pays attention. Without Jethro (Exodus 18), Moses just might have burned out!
Until tomorrow,
Pastor Gary
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