The Worst Decision Ever Made – 最糟糕的决定

Numbers 20
 民数记20章

10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”
11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.

【民20:10】摩西、亚伦就招聚会众到磐石前。摩西说：“你们这些背叛的人听我说：我为你们使水从这磐石中流出来吗？”
【民20:11】摩西举手，用杖击打磐石两下，就有许多水流出来，会众和他们的牲畜都喝了。
【民20:12】耶和华对摩西、亚伦说：“因为你们不信我，不在以色列人眼前尊我为圣，所以你们必不得领这会众进我所赐给他们的地去。”
【民20:13】这水名叫米利巴水，是因以色列人向耶和华争闹，耶和华就在他们面前显为圣（“米利巴”就是“争闹”的意思）。

The Worst Decision Ever Made
最糟糕的决定

Water had come from the rock before by Moses striking the rock Exodus 17.
出埃及记第17章记载，摩西击打磐石的时候，水就从磐石中出来了。

所以（这次上帝）肯定会用同样的方法。
So surely it would come by the same method.

Moses had been told to speak to the rock, he had the clear instructions from God.
摩西被告知（这次）要对着磐石说话，他得到了上帝明确的指示。

But anger and disbelief took over.
但愤怒和怀疑占据了上风

很明显，他把注意力集中在百姓的身上，老实说，百姓让摩西感到厌烦，但他所要做的，就是对着磐石说话，但摩西在愤怒中，他击打了磐石。
Clearly he focused on the people and to be honest, they were a pain, but all he had to do, was to speak to the rock, but in anger, he struck it.

We make rash decisions like Moses and like David and yes we have forgiveness, but there are terrible consequences.
我们像摩西和大卫一样做出轻率的决定，是的，我们会得到（上帝的）宽恕，但后果很严重。

God opened the rock for the people, water flowed out, they got what they wanted.
上帝为人们打开了磐石，水流出来，他们得到了他们想要的。

Sometimes, we get what we wanted in the short term, but in the long term, our disobedience and rebellion, lead to unparalleled disaster
有时，我们在短期内得到了我们想要的，但从长远来看，我们的不服从和反叛，会导致无与伦比的灾难。
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Moses did not set foot in the promised land, he did see it.
摩西并没有踏上应许之地，但他确实看到了。

Don’t make a rash decision based on the flesh, do all God tells you to do.
不要根据肉体做出轻率的决定，要做上帝告诉你要做的一切。

Don’t lose God’s blessings.
不要失去上帝的祝福。

Moses did, even though he begged God to let him enter the promised land.
摩西就失去了上帝给他的祝福，尽管他恳求上帝让他进入应许之地。

God bless you
上帝保佑你