GOSPEL NUGGET # 280

Ex 17:6 "Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

The people of Israel were craving for water. Their mouths and throats were dry with thirst. There was nothing more precious to them at that time than the sight of water.

"Give us water, that we may drink" (verse 2), they cried.

So Moses with his rod struck the rock and immediately water came out of it, streaming like a river and flowing like a fountain, satisfying the people's thirst.

This is nothing less than a picture of the salvation of the Lord Jesus. Here we are needy sinners in desperate need of salvation. God struck the Lord Jesus on the cross, He poured out all His wrath on Him, when He died for our sins.

As a result, out came from Him, available and free salvation for all. Anyone who has seen and realized their desperate need can come and freely drink, by faith in Him, the refreshing waters of salvation which He freely offers to all.

Come and drink!