Dear Family,

Today is Friday, May 31, 2024. It is Day 34 and Day 6 of Week 5 in our Count to Pentecost.

Exodus 17:1, 5-6 (1) And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink…. (5) And the LORD said unto Moses; Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. (6) Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

These verses tell us that God brought water out of a “rock.” And, we know from the New Testament Scriptures the “rock” represented Jesus Christ, our Savior.

1 Corinthians 10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Have you ever wondered if the Rock looked special in some way, or if it was just like all the other “rocks” in the desert? Surely, no one among the grumbling Israelites would have thought to find life-giving water from a desert rock. It probably did not sparkle like a diamond or shimmer like gold. It probably looked like a typical desert rock, but this Rock was different.

Isaiah tells us that as a Human Being, Jesus Christ, was ordinary looking, also.

Isaiah 53:2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.

However, our Savior is NOT ORDINARY! In God‛s hands and through His Spirit, ordinary things are NOT ORDINARY! Brethren, God has foreordained great things for His people. Let us move toward His perfect will with a fervent zeal for Him, thirsting after the Water of Life that only He can provide.

Ben Faulkner, Pastor
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