“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 20:8)

The Rock is not about Gibraltar or Prudential, a Sean Connery movie about Alcatraz or a diamond on your wife's hand. Rather, it is a story about anger management. The children of Israel had been traveling for days without water and were complaining, and Moses became the focus of their frustration. Moses sought God for wisdom and God told him to speak to the rock and water would flow. This would show that God was still in control, that Moses was still the leader, and that God was their provider. However,
Moses' anger with the people became so great that instead of speaking to the rock, he struck The Rock not once, but twice, with his rod. The water came out in spite of Moses' disobedience, but God was not happy with Moses and he was denied entry to the Promised Land.

Moses was called by God to a higher level, for he was no longer called to touch things with his rod to perform miracles. Now he could speak to the problem and his very words would have changed the situation. Moses' rod represented his authority as a shepherd of the sheep and as a shepherd of the people. Like Clinton, Moses misused his rod, he took something God wanted to be used in a righteous manner and used it the wrong way. God
wanted him to spare the rod, but Moses disobeyed a direct command from God, used his own brute force out of anger and God did not get the glory. Do not be tempted to use our power, wealth, skill, and ability to make things happen, especially out of anger. God is calling us to use prayer and to speak His Word to move mountains of debt, lack, oppression and sickness from our lives. Our ability is not enough as God is calling each
of us to a higher dimension of walking with Him. Ask God for the grace to wait on Him and not take matters into our own hands, so that we will not be locked out of the Promised Land.

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