Read Psalm 78:9-16. 9The Ephraimites, armed with the bow, turned back on the day of battle. 10They did not keep God’s covenant, but refused to walk according to his law. 11They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them. 12In the sight of their fathers he performed wonders in the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan. 13He divided the sea and let them pass through it, and made the waters stand like a heap. 14In the daytime he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a fiery light. 15He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as from the deep. 16He made streams come out of the rock and caused waters to flow down like rivers.
Asaph sums up God’s redemptive work in the Exodus with three big statements: 1) He performed wonders, 2) He divided the sea, 3) He led them with a cloud. Then he sums up God’s providing work in the wilderness with these two statements: 1) He split rocks, 2) He made streams come out of the rock.
As we said yesterday these stories are parables. They are hidden truths. Truths from one realm that illustrate deeper truths from another. God divided the sea; God split the rocks (same word). What truth of Christ might these stories point toward? In what way was God split open for you? In what way has Jesus divided the path to God for you?
1 Corinthians 10:1-4. 1For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3and all ate the same spiritual food, 4and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.
To live is Christ is to remember again and again the dividing work of Christ at the cross. Dividing us from our sea of sin, and opening Christ’s river of living water for our soul.
Prayer. Jesus, I know I forget too often. Keep my heart alive today in the remembrance of your sacrifice for me. Amen.
To Live is Christ 