Exodus 32 - 33
During the travels of the Israelites, when Moses was gone (only) 40 days, the people turned to Aaron and they ended up making the golden calf and worshiping it as if it were their deliverer from Egypt, their god.
When Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, and saw the horrible situation, he was so mad he broke the tablets in which God, Himself, had written. And because the people were so rebellious, God told Moses He would not go the rest of the way with them lest He consume them. It was an extremely traumatic and disappointing time for Moses.
But Moses continued to intercede for the people. He would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp, day after day, and talk with God, as a man speaks to his friend.
God granted Moses his request saying that He would go with the Israelites the rest of the journey. Then as recorded in Exodus 33:17-23, you see an intimate fellowship between a man and his Creator. Moses wants to see God's Glory. God protects Moses by His own hand and shows Moses His back as He passes by, as much Glory as he can handle.
The encouragement came when I realized that
-after Moses had such disappointment, of family, of others, and perhaps even of God,
-had he not kept going to the tent of meeting, talking with God as a man talks with his friend,
-Moses would've missed out on the holy divine presence and glory of God.
The encouragement came when I realized that
-after Moses had such disappointment, of family, of others, and perhaps even of God,
-had he not kept going to the tent of meeting, talking with God as a man talks with his friend,
-Moses would've missed out on the holy divine presence and glory of God.
We all have disappointment of life in one way or another. Let's continue going to the tent of meeting so that we, too, will experience God's Glory.
I invite you to read the whole account in Exodus Chapters 32 & 33.
Hopefully your thirst will be quenched today.
Jesus said, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." -John 4:13-14
3 comments:
We saw the alligator at Taylor Park.
Tent of Meetings...I go there. I can tell that you do, too.
And yet it's amazing that we keep going to try other water that doesn't satisfy, isn't it?
So nice to have you visit today at CHP ;)
Ah... Taylor Park, yes, I know.
We are sisters in Christ who have a common meeting place and quench our thirst from the same source.
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