Oh, The Joys of Camping

“Let’s Go Camping,” they said. “It’ll Be Fun,” they said.

Exodus 17:1-7

Big Idea: Deep trust in God brings deep impact

X2: Trust God to follow through and you will see the results

#1: There is power in learning to remember what God has already done

• Remember what I have already done: plagues, Red Sea, manna, etc

o Those miracles haven’t lost their potency

o BUT!!! Past miracles don’t lose their power

• I’ve forgiven and I won’t forget
• Communion: Jesus, “Do this in remembrance of me.”

#2: Learn to Re-focus the present situation

• Human response vs. Holy re-focus
• Israelites: built the pyramids, could have started digging, complained…
• Moses asks God, “What should I do?”
• In any situation it is possible to settle for complaining, frustration
• OR… Holy Re-focus: God what do you want to do in this situation?
• Every problem is an opportunity to develop deeper trust in God -> who shows up/gracious/powrful
• God uses a trust agent: “.. take some elders with you…” experience, wisdom, memory, respect

#3: Trusting God allows you to peacefully release the future

• Ex. 17 -> not done -> lots more to come -> nature of a camping journey
• Trust emerges:

o We can trust that he can do it again / it will continue

Foreshadowing: water from rock -> Jesus “Water of life”, Rock over tomb -> nothing we can’t trust