Again and again the Israelites complain that things are hard and often refer to Egypt, "where we had this and that...". Sadly I think we do the same when we feel in the desert place we often wonder about the "sweetness" of sin or rather what we perceive as sweetness since the reason we were saved in the first place (if we have been) was because we saw the entrapment and pain of sin.
Numbers 20 is also where Moses who has quite a good press up until now decides to mis-represent God to the people and earns his barring from the Promised Land. Jesus said that "to whom much has been given, much will be required". Moses was the one person God could rely on to faithfully represent Himself to the Israelites so if Moses starts getting a big head, "Must we bring you water from this rock" then things are going to go awry. Of course we can understand why Moses acted like he did and perhaps most of us would have done it sooner but nonetheless, God requires us to be holy before Him regardless of the pressures we face from others.
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