磐石
圣经中多处提到神是磐石。雅各称神是“以色列的磐石”（创 49:24）。哈拿说，“没有磐石像我们的神”（撒上 2:2）。大卫说，“愿神那拯救我的磐石被人尊崇！”（撒下 22:47）。这幅图画极为贴切。神永远是我们坚定、信实和永恒的根基。
所以，当以色列人在旷野和摩西争论，要水喝的时候，神吩咐摩西拿着杖，往“和烈山的磐石”去。神会站在磐石旁，摩西要用杖击打磐石。水就会从磐石中涌出来让人们喝。
百姓好争闹，他们说：“耶和华是在我们中间不是？”神向他们显明，祂当然在那里。人们眼睁睁地看着奇迹发生，他们的干渴得到了满足。神一如既往地供应了他们。
多年后，当宗教领袖和耶稣争论时，耶稣高声说：“人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。信我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。”所谓“活水”，祂的意思是永生的祝福（参约 4:10-14）。耶稣就是救恩的磐石，祂被击打，好使我们得以领受生命的活水。
主啊，在这干渴贫瘠的世界里，求赐给我们活水。愿祢救恩的祝福从我们身上涌流向他人。奉祢的名祷告，阿们。
出埃及记 17:1-7
1 以色列全会众都遵耶和华的吩咐，按着站口从汛的旷野往前行，在利非订安营。百姓没有水喝，
2 所以与摩西争闹，说：“给我们水喝吧！”摩西对他们说：“你们为什么与我争闹，为什么试探耶和华呢？”
3 百姓在那里甚渴，要喝水，就向摩西发怨言，说：“你为什么将我们从埃及领出来，使我们和我们的儿女并牲畜都渴死呢？”
4 摩西就呼求耶和华说：“我向这百姓怎样行呢？他们几乎要拿石头打死我。”
5 耶和华对摩西说：“你手里拿着你先前击打河水的杖，带领以色列的几个长老，从百姓面前走过去。
6 我必在何烈的磐石那里，站在你面前。你要击打磐石，从磐石里必有水流出来，使百姓可以喝。”摩西就在以色列的长老眼前这样行了。
7 他给那地方起名叫玛撒，又叫米利巴，因以色列人争闹，又因他们试探耶和华，说：“耶和华是在我们中间不是？”
The Rock
"They drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ." — 1 Corinthians 10:4
Many passages in the Bible speak of God as a rock. Jacob called God “the Rock of Israel” (Genesis 49:24). Hannah said, “There is no Rock like our God” (1 Samuel 2:2). And David said, “Exalted be my God, the Rock, my Savior!” (2 Samuel 22:47). The picture is supremely appropriate. God is always our firm, faithful, everlasting foundation.
So when the people of Israel quarreled with Moses in the desert, demanding water to drink, God told Moses to take his staff and go to “the rock at Horeb.” God would stand before the rock, and Moses was to strike it with his staff. Water would gush out of the rock for the people to drink.
The people had been belligerent, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” And God showed them that of course he was there. The people watched the miracle happen, and their thirst was satisfied. God, as always, provided for them.
Years later, when the religious leaders quarreled with Jesus, he said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them” (John 7:37-38). By “living water,” he meant the blessings of eternal life (see John 4:10-14). Jesus is the Rock of salvation who was stricken so that we can receive the water of life.
Give us living water in this dry, barren world, Lord. May your blessings of salvation flow from us to others. In your name, Amen.
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