August 8, 2024
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Reading along with us in selections from Exodus and Romans? Here’s today’s reading:
Exodus 34 (NIV)
The New Stone Tablets
1 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.……Continue Reading
Exodus 34
As we also like Moses spend time with God and to be fully known by him, shouldn’t our faces be as radiant every day
“Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.” This statement overwhelms me. The idea that God would be jealous over me, such a mess and disappointing as I constantly make mistakes, is just amazing.
This chapter also tells us so much of the character of God; compassionate, gracious, loving, forgiving, faithful, and yet still just and will punish when needed. Such a good Father!
Final thought was Moses’ radiant face, imagine he was actually radiant from spending so much time with God! We should appear different to people, maybe not radiant, but there should be something about us that people notice that says “Wow there is something about her” Let that be my prayer that in a sinful world I would appear different.
Exodus 34
“for you shall not worship any other god, because the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” – Exodus 34:14
○ What things in our lives do we make God jealous of?
• Sin
• Anything we treat as more important than Him
The Lord says He will be with us every step of the way. Whether in tough times or easier times. Sometimes things can look so difficult, and hard perhaps from physical attacks from our families or other outside forces. Even in the spiritual realm. For Satan hates God, and therefore hates us as believers especially if we are following Christ. So therefore he sends attacks our way sometimes from multiple directions at the same time. But remember brothers and sisters in the Lord, as said earlier Christ is with us every step of the way. We in these hard times should put our full trust in Him and give Him the complete control of our lives. It`s like driving a car and being in complete control and end up making a complete mess of our lives where instead we should giving the driving to God , while we are in the back seat. He is in complete control when that happens. But what do we do? We try to reach over to take control of the steering wheel and then mess things up again. God is so patient with us. He says whenever you are ready to have me drive I am here and waiting for you to do that. We are so slow to get that lesson in our lives. The sooner we learn the better. Another brother {Dennis H.} shared that the other day. God bless you all.
I was struck by how God identifies Himself at the beginning of the chapter, emphasizing His love, grace, compassion, forgiveness and faithfulness but also clarifying that He does not leave sin unpunished. How humbling to know that Jesus has taken on our punishment for sin…God is also gracious to renew the covenant with Moses, committing Himself to them once again and providing standards that they would show their commitment to Him. And I wonder if Moses didn’t eat or drink because he was just full of God’s presence and the wonder of being with Him? And when we spend time with God, it is no wonder that ours and Moses’ life is changed. How sad that people didn’t want to share in the radiance. It unfortunately depicts many believers that only want so much of God because they want to reserve portions of themselves for themselves. But the radiant face of Moses is a great picture of the kind fo fellowship God desires for us and from us….the question is, are we willing and open?
God defines Himself.
”And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.” So Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.“
Exodus 34:6-8 NKJV
Exodus 33-34