'Rocks or Rivers'

S- Psalm 105: 41

 

‘He opened the Rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.’

 

O – This verse comes in the midst of many declarations as to what God has done in bringing about the liberation of His people. They were a people who had been surrounded by the miraculous and the delivering power of God. Every action was miraculous and a revelation of his presence, provision and purpose. Here He opens a rock! Was it an obstacle? The immovable? The unlikely or the unexpected? Irrespective He opened it and something totally unexpected occurred in the outcome. It was more than just a functional provision of water to quench a thirst. It was an unexpected flow of water that went beyond the needs of an individual and had a changing effect on the environment around them. I’m sure there was never the expectation that from a Rock such a powerful change and influence could flow.

 

A – I can never stop expecting God to do the unexpected from the most unlikely! God is able to open up anything in circumstances or an event for something powerful and miraculous to flow. I certainly cannot open up a rock for a river to flow and to change and environment. I can though carry an expectation and belief that he is able to do such because of who He is and His desire to provide and manifest power. I can only see rocks as immovable and obstacles to go around or need to be removed. God sees them as opportunities to be ‘opened’ for a greater and powerful result beyond any limitations. I wonder how many rocks I have been looking at and believing them to be immovable? He is the one who opens up the immovable, and obstacles of circumstance, for a powerful outcome. I need to see these obstacles as opportunities for the miraculous.

 

P – Lord I thank you that you are the great ‘Rock Opener’ – Help me to not see obstacles as immovable or intimidating. I thank you that you want to come and bring the miraculous out of that which I can only see as immovable.