WHO CARES?

 

March 18, 2025

 

This Week’s Theme Verse

Mark 8:34-35

“Whoever wants to be my disciple 

must deny themselves and 

take up their cross and follow me.”

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Exodus 17:3-7

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?” Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The LORD answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. And he called the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the LORD saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”

The people of Israel were traveling through the wilderness, and they were incredibly thirsty. They couldn’t find water, and their fear and frustration started to take over. Desperation can be overwhelming, leaving us feeling alone and uncertain about where to turn. Have you ever been there in your life? How did you respond? In those desperate moments, doubt can creep in, doubt that anyone, even God, sees our struggles or cares enough to help.

The people of Israel, in our reading began to question whether God cared about them. Yet God, instead of abandoning them, unexpectedly provided for them. He told Moses to strike a rock, and water poured out—enough to quench the thirst of everyone.

This Biblical story reminds us that God is always present with us in our circumstances, and even when we doubt or feel hopeless, God is working. We can trust in God’s loving faithfulness, in these seasons. I believe today’s account reminds us of a profound truth. God’s help might not always come the way we expect or want, but God knows what we need and God will faithfully provide.

I wonder if there is an area in your life where you’re struggling to trust God’s provision?

Take a bit of time today to reflect on His faithfulness revealed in both the scriptures and in your own life story.

I invite you to pray for the courage to let go of your expectations and trust God to meet your needs in His way. I promise the outcome will be beyond anything you could ever think or imagine.