Thoughts for another day

July 23, 2010

Today's verse: Exod. 33:13a. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

Ch. 33 of Exodus has always excited me about a man’s discussion with God the way Moses discusses. Here, you discover a beauty in God that I feel you never discover anywhere else except in Jesus and Jesus was the visible God, therefore it was possible to discuss with Him and Jesus brought with Him, a new dispensation of Grace which allowed it. But, in this chapter we have such a discussion that, were one to think, one would not be able to believe that God, so powerful, so majestic, so awesome, would talk to a mere human being the way He does and what’s more, how can a man talk to Him that way – the way Moses does? Just amazing.

Talking to God in prayer today is possible for Jesus taught us to pray and in the Bible we learn of the prayers of others. But in those days there was nothing. One could only pray on the basis of what one felt and the way one was moved. But Moses in a way broke all rules and prayed, nay, conversed with God in an amazing and down to earth manner and God accepted all His prayer, except that which Moses asked that he be allowed to enter the Promised Land.

What’s amazing about ch. 33 of Exodus is the manifestation of the awesomeness of God to Moses, yet in a manner in which Moses could bear. It is so humble and gratifying to the soul. Check our Scripture well and see how Moses seeks God’s Grace in all humility. First He seeks to know that He has found God’s favor and then requests God to show Him the way by which Moses may ‘know’ Him (odd you might think…particularly because of the earlier discussions Moses had with God and the mighty works God performed in Egypt and even later). But this knowing is moving into the deep being of God and the melding of Moses’ spirit in the Spirit of God! And this Moses asks so that He find more favor in God’s sight. My friend, consider the beauty of this conversation between Moses and God and delve in your own life to see if you’ve had such a conversation with God. If you haven’t, it’s time you did: now.