[The Mayor]

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Are You Listening?
May 28, 2011

He was frustrated. He was angry. He was tired of being blamed for everything that went wrong. Year after year, he had gotten them through one disaster after another. He was continually interceding on their behalf to keep them out of trouble. But all he got for his efforts was more grief. Finally, in exasperation, he said, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for you out of this rock?” (Num. 20:10).

That suggestion might sound preposterous, but it wasn’t. Forty years earlier, the previous generation had the same complaint: no water. God told Moses to strike a rock with his staff (Ex. 17:6). When he obeyed, water gushed out—plenty of water. When the grumbling started again so many years later, Moses did the thing that worked before. But this time it was the wrong thing to do. What Moses told the Israelites to do—to listen—he himself had not done. God had told him to speak to the rock this time, not strike it.

Sometimes in exhaustion or exasperation, we don’t pay close attention to God. We assume He will always work the same way. But He doesn’t. Sometimes He tells us to act; sometimes He tells us to speak; sometimes He tells us to wait. That is why we must always be careful to listen before we take action.

Lord, help us to obey Your Word,
To heed Your still small voice;
And may we not be swayed by men,
But make Your will our choice. —D. De Haan

Listen—then obey.

Read: Numbers 20:1-13

Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water. —Numbers 20:8

Bible in a year:
2 Chronicles 4-6; John 10:24-42

[Diver Dave]

Another great message from Our Daily Bread, Mayor. Thank you for your continuing ministry.

Heading out in a few minutes for our grandson’s baseball game.

Have blessed Memorial Day weekend.

[geologist]

Numbers 20:12

“12. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.”
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Belief, is too little recognized as being the way of God's healing power, belief is before the conversion of thy soul, it is the demonstration of faith, belief!

We must first believe that He is!
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Hebrews 11;6

King James Bible

“But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
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When we believe, we follow the acts of faith (believing).