God claimed a double kingship over Israel. She had been created and chosen. Here, she is invited to celebrate both creation and choice. But she is also warned. The flock, divinely led from Egypt, had argued with Moses and tested God’s patience with their complaints. We may still hinder the grace of our call—it does not always grow into the glory of the final choice. Our calling is much higher than Israel’s. From the people’s perspective, our election, which we call perseverance, is more profound. Not Moses but Jesus is now our leader, and the ‘rest’ he would lead us to is not Palestine but a land that the meek inherit, a rest which is the eternal Sabbath of God (Heb 4:10). Pray to hear not ‘Never shall they enter!’ but ‘Come, you blessed!’