Second Question, Second Answer?

Continuing with the second question of my Hero To Zero post. I wondered, Why does Moses state "shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?" Does the "we" include God? Or just Aaron and himself? The short answer is, the "we" does not include God. I say this because of God's response to the situation. God states to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel" As we see in Numbers 20:24, that Aaron was being gathered to his people" because he "rebelled" against the command of God. In, Numbers 27:14, we read of Moses being Gathered to his people for the same reason. I think this makes a strong case that when we deviate from the revealed will of God, we are acting in "unbelief" and there by not treating God as holy in the sight of His people. So, how did these two great leaders stray from the course, disqualifying themselves from entering the promised land? It seems to me that they neglected to credit the power of God to this miracle. How often are we, leaders included, tempted to recognize our part in the working out of God's plan as the indispensable part? Thereby creating dependence on ourselves and our God given talents, rather then God and His sovereign hand. Think about your preaching, your evangelism, your apologetics, are you also tempted, I surely am.

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