"The people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. "Ex. 20:21
What a contrast. And what courage Moses had. I'm sure all his previous experiences with God enabled him to do this. God and darkness do not seem compatible. How does this relate to those dark times in our lives? Certainly He is there for one thing.
I would rather go into the darkness where God is than to follow that 'angel of light' where He is not.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Happy to do it
"You meet Him who joyfully works righteousness." Isaiah 64:5
That is so nice to know. Every good thing that He does for us, He does it joyfully. He doesn't grudgingly meet it out. I like this picture of Him which is the exact portrait of a God of love.
That is so nice to know. Every good thing that He does for us, He does it joyfully. He doesn't grudgingly meet it out. I like this picture of Him which is the exact portrait of a God of love.
God fulfills His Promises
This gave me a surge of hope because I struggle sometimes with unbelief.
Zechariah did not believe God's promise of a son and Gabriel said that Zechariah would be punished "because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time." (Luke 1)
His unbelief did not keep God from fulfilling His promise!
Zechariah did not believe God's promise of a son and Gabriel said that Zechariah would be punished "because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time." (Luke 1)
His unbelief did not keep God from fulfilling His promise!
Children of Israel
"Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did all the signs.~~And the people believed~~and bowed their heads and worshipped."
And soon afterward life became unbelievably worse.
"The foremen of the taskmasters were beaten" because the people could not make their quota of bricks because now they had to find their own straw. What a faith tester! And when Moses found out about it, he went straight to the Lord and challenged Him. "You have not delivered your people at all."
(Ex. 4,5)
In the story of the plagues it says that either "Pharaoh hardened his heart or Pharaoh's heart was hardened." But after the final plague it says that "the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. (Ex. 9-11)
It is a dangerous progression~~our hardening of our hearts till He finally does the hardening. We are warned not to "Quench the Spirit!"
And soon afterward life became unbelievably worse.
"The foremen of the taskmasters were beaten" because the people could not make their quota of bricks because now they had to find their own straw. What a faith tester! And when Moses found out about it, he went straight to the Lord and challenged Him. "You have not delivered your people at all."
(Ex. 4,5)
In the story of the plagues it says that either "Pharaoh hardened his heart or Pharaoh's heart was hardened." But after the final plague it says that "the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh. (Ex. 9-11)
It is a dangerous progression~~our hardening of our hearts till He finally does the hardening. We are warned not to "Quench the Spirit!"
Job Idioms
Is this where the idiom about a talkative person being windy comes from?
"How long will~~the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?" Job 8:2
And "I will~~wear a smile." Job 9:27
Those people who don't read the Bible rob themselves of so much-not just spiritually. There is much picturesque reading. It is just plain good literature.
"How long will~~the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?" Job 8:2
And "I will~~wear a smile." Job 9:27
Those people who don't read the Bible rob themselves of so much-not just spiritually. There is much picturesque reading. It is just plain good literature.
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