Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for June 30, 2024

Guest Speaker: Sherry Forester

Hope in Trouble

Exodus 17:1-7

Background

I. Scene 1 Complication despite obedience (17:1)

• Israelites obediently followed God’s commands.
• Rephidim means place of rest.
• God led His people to a campsite where there was no water to drink.

II. Scene 2 Complaint about God’s ways (17:2-3)

• People quarreled with Moses.

∗ took issue with Moses and his leadership

• Israelites put the Lord to the test.

∗ did not trust His ways were good

III. Scene 3 Confirmation of God’s goodness (17:4-7)

• Moses was uncertain and afraid.
• God answered Moses.

∗ my actions will be public and can be documented
∗ my actions will prove my presence
∗ my actions will prove my power

• Moses’ actions previewed a divine drama.
• Moses memorialized Israel’s failure to trust God.

IV. So what?

• Because God is our good sovereign, we can trust Him in every situation.
• “In every circumstance and situation where faith is tested, the Lord Himself has taken us there.” (A. W. Pink)
• O safe to the Rock that is higher than I, my soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly. So sinful, so weary, Thine, Thine, would I be. Thou blest Rock of Ages, I’m hiding in Thee. Hiding in Thee, hiding in Thee, Thou blest Rock of Ages, I’m hiding in Thee. (William O. Cushing)