Psalms 106:31-33

Psalms 106:31-33. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.

It is not surprising that Moses should have spoken as he did to people who so worried and wearied him with their rebellions and murmurings. Yet you see that God dealt sternly with his servant because of his sin, and he will do the same with those of us who bear the vessels of the Lord. The higher our office, the greater our responsibility. One slip of temper in the meek Moses shuts him out of the Promised Land; so see what sin will do, and see how one who sins in a smaller degree than others may be made a scapegoat for them.