The lesson of water

In the first half of chapter 20, in the book of Numbers, the people once again complained to Aaron and Moses about their lack of water.

Mosea and Aaron prayed, the God told them to take a stick and strike a rock, and water would gush out from it.

They did as God commanded, however with a slight twist: they scolded the people of Israel and said, "Do we have to get the water out of this rock for you?"

Water gushed out of the rock.

But God was not happy, for they did not acknowledge that it was God's power that allowed them to perform such a feat, not their own power.