I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow my instructions. 

But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.

Tomorrow will be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for the Lord.

The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions?

So Moses struck the rock as he was told, and water gushed out as the elders looked on.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to embrace your test and not flee from it. Allow your strength and purpose to overwhelm my desire to understand and keep me close. Help me to trust and rest with you. Keep me focused on what you wish me to learn and not in my own understanding.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen