Our study this week is Exodus 17. It has been approximately three months (Exodus 16:1), since the Israelites left Egypt and are continuing their journey through the desert. Once again, they find themselves without water and as before (Exodus 15:22-24), they complain to Moses. But this time they threaten to kill him. Moses cries out for God’s help and God responds by providing water from a rock at Rephidim.
Sometime later, the Amalekites, descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:12), and a bitter enemy of the Israelites from the Esau-Jacob rivalry, attack the Israelites at Rephidim. Through the military leadership of Joshua and the intercessory prayers of Moses, the Amalekites are defeated. God then instructs Moses to record the event in a book as a testimony for future generations. During times of uncertainty, is your spiritual journey filled with anxiety or with assurance? When things seem out of your control always remember, you aren’t…but God is!