What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

1. Deeper into the desert

2. An oasis called Rephdim

3. Great expectations

4. Dashed hopes

5. Turning against Moses

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

1. Never be surprised by criticism (v 1-3)

2. Being confident that God can use us (v 4 -6)

What is in your hand ?- Stradivarius ~ the violin maker- Mrs Salviro ~ unique & useful

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

3. Busy for God whatever our circumstances (v

6)

- After retirement what ?

- Mary the cocktail waitress

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

4. The rock and the water point us to Jesus (1 Corinthian 10:3-4)

Jesus can quench our deepest thirsts

3 And all of them ate the same miraculous food, 4 and all of them drank the same miraculous water. For they all drank from the miraculous rock that travelled with them, and that rock was Christ.

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7

What it means to be the Lord’s instrumentExodus 17:1-7