Scripture to Read: 1 Corinthians 10:1–5
God has continual warnings throughout His Word for His children so that we do not walk as lost people walk. God used Paul to share with the believers in Corinth not to walk as the disobedient children of Israel walked after they had been delivered from the bondage of Egypt, as recorded in the Book of Exodus. We read in 1 Corinthians 10:1–5, “For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.” God did not want any of His children to forget how the Israelites in the wilderness were guided by Him as the cloud moved ahead of them and as they walked through the sea on dry ground. In a sense, through the sea, they were baptized as followers of Moses. All of them ate of the same spiritual food (manna). They also drank the same spiritual water, which came from the rock, which was Christ (Exodus 17:6, Numbers 20:11, Psalm 78:15). However, God was not pleased with most of them because of their unwillingness to walk in obedience to Him (Numbers 14). May we all walk in obedience to our Lord daily (Colossians 1:9–12).
Challenge & Application
What was God’s warning through Paul to His children in 1 Corinthians 10:1–5, and why is this important?
How are you choosing to obey our Lord daily in your walk with Him?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!