Num. 19, 20 [The Message]

Being a leader is not a picnic. The Hebrews were majorly griping and complaining to Moses about having no water to drink. God instructed Moses to “speak” to a large rock at Kadesh in the desert of Zin and water would be supplied. Moses, in his frustration with the discontent of the Hebrews, took his rod and smote the rock. Water DID come out, but God reproved Moses for his disobedience in not merely speaking to the rock. This act of failure to specifically follow God’s instructions was punished by keeping Moses out of the Promised land. God would let him see it from the top of a mountain, but he was disallowed to enter it himself.

Leaders put up with a lot.