Today's Daily Lesson come from Psalm 95 verses 8 and 9:
Today, if you hear his voice,
8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah,
as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,
9 when your fathers put me to the test
and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work.
Every new day, season, and stage on the journey brings to us its own crisis of faith. No matter how faithful God has been to us and our ancestors in the past, there is always the fear and uncertainty of the present.
The Israelites were led across the Red Sea in the most miraculous act of deliverance the world had ever known. Turn the page and suddenly they are in a place where desperate for water and quarreling with one another out of fear and anxiety. That desert place they called "Massah".
Through many dangers toils and snares we have already come; but I'm willing to bet that today we'll find ourselves in Massah -- and if not sometime today then definitely tomorrow. No matter how many Red Seas we cross; there's always a Massah right behind it.
But here's a question to keep in mind while in Massah: Has God really brought us this far just to let us die of weariness and thirst in this desert?
And suddenly a stirring from deep within the Rock is heard . . .
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