Pastor Carmen Shullo Sr.
March 12, 2023 at 10:00 AM
Exodus 17:1-7
Transformation By Association
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Everyone Has A Story – Takeaways Exodus 17:1-7, Psalm 95:7-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-5, 1 Peter 1:17-20
The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord
commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. So, they
quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me?
Why do you put the Lord to the test?” Ex. 17:1-2.
ï‚· Is God Sovereign – Primary or Secondary
3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you
bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
ï‚· Road trip or Guilt Trip – Trust or Mistrust?
ï‚· Everyone has a story – will it be a sob story or to God’s glory?
4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to
stone me.”
ï‚· Know the direction of your connection.
The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and
take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before you by the
rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in
the sight of the elders of Israel. (Ex. 17:4–6)
ï‚· God’s Grace is Public and Private
7 And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested
the Lord saying, “Is the Lord among us or not?”
ï‚· How do we respond in the dry or empty places in our lives?
