I have a thought, and presented it in part, during worship yesterday morning (audio file attached, if you are interested). Elijah and Moses climbed mountains to seek the presence of God, and God came to them. Moses specifically asked God to show His glory.
Jesus took Peter, James, and John to the mountaintop, and there met Moses and Elijah, and saw the glory of God.
Moses and Elijah, the Law and the Prophet, living pre-Messiah, found the glory of God in His presence. (Old Testament, if you will)
The three disciples, obediently followed Jesus, and saw God’s glory. (New Testament)
Now here we are. God hasn’t appeared in a burning bush or pillar of fire since the Israelites trekked through the Sinai. Jesus has ascended and not yet returned. Where does that leave us? Is there any presence for us?
We are entering the season of Lent. This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, Easter is 04 April, six weeks from this coming Sunday. Whether your tradition has been to observe Lent in some specific way, or not at all, will you come on this journey with me? Will you spend some time, daily, and try to see further, or in a new way, what God’s design is for us to seek His presence, to see His glory?
Take some time today and read Romans 8. (Click here to read it online: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/ )
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Quiet time questions:
1. Will you ask God, every morning until Easter, to give you His Spirit?
2. Will you ask God, every morning until Easter, to show you His glory?
3. Will you make these pleas from your soul, not rote repetitions?
INTERESTING THOUGHT:
"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling 'darkness' on the wall of his cell." C.S. Lewis
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