Grumble, Grumble, Grumble

The Israelites followed Moses into the wilderness and came to Rephidim, but there was no water there for the people to drink.  So the people started to complain:

Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

Moses said to them, "Stop your grumbling and complaining against God.  Don't your remember all the wondrous things  God has done for you?"

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

Moses said to them, don't you remember when you were hungry?  Didn't God make manna fall from heaven so that you could eat your fill each day, and gather enough of the 6th day to eat on the 7th and still rest?

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

Moses continued, "And when you were still hungry and tired of eating manna, didn't God send quail so that you could eat meat?"

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

And when you left Egypt with Pharaoh's armies pursuing you, didn't God protect you with a pillar of fire and a pillar of smoke.  And did not the pillar of fire lead you at night and the pillar of smoke lead you in the day.  And did not God keep a pillar between you and the armies of Pharaoh to keep you safe?

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

And do you not remember slavery in Egypt how Pharaoh made you work seven days a week without straw to build temples to foreign gods without rest?  Do you not remember that you are now free and that God brings you to a promised land, a land promised to your ancestors, Abraham and Sarah?  Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and Rachel?

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

Do you not remember when Pharaoh's armies were behind you and you came to the sea, how God parted the sea so that you could cross over on dry land.  And then God closed the sea up over the armies of pharaoh and thus God conquered your enemies and brought you to freedom.

But the people just complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)

So finally, Moses prayed to God, fearing that the Israelites were ready to stone him in their frustration.  God gave Moses instructions.  Moses took the leaders of the Israelites into the wilderness to a dry place, raised his staff, the same one he held over the sea, and struck a rock.  Water sprang forth in the desert and satisfied the people's thirst.

And Moses called that place Massah and Meribah because the people complained,
Grumble, grumble, grumble! (x3)