Divine power is holy power. People entrusted with it carry a heavy burden of responsibility. Those who reverence its source and realize the responsibility that comes with it, respect it. Others have did so. Did Moses eventually take spiritual power for granted? Why did he strike the rock in Kadesh? Was he merely being petulant? Or had familiarity with power bred contempt for holiness and for the word of the Lord? Moses certainly seemed to be upset, but the sentence pronounced against him was not for his petulance. God made the nature of Moses' offense clear. "Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy ... you will not bring this community into the land I give them" (Num 20:12).
John White, When The Spirit Comes With Power, p. 123
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