Drink deeply and act

Sunday September 28th, Exodus 17: 1 The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. 2 So they quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." Moses replied, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the LORD to the test?" 3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?" Either they thought that Moses had a semi loaded with all those plastic drinking bottles of water or that he was their pastor and should do it all for them. There was despair, things had changed and they did not like it. Things were tough and they forgot how it was back in Egypt. But change does not come from the top down, it comes from the bottom up. What was needed more than water was a change of heart. In our baptism we use water to bring about a change, without the congregation continuing to pray for and call upon that young family however, both become thirsty for more than water.