ListenDaily - 26 February 2010: Call them back
“When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. Exodus 34:29-30
Moses asked for and received a sight of God’s glory…and he was physically transformed. When he came down the mountain his face was aglow, and it scared people. But was it just his appearance? Maybe. But remember, this was shortly after Moses had met God on a mountain, and while he was gone the Israelites made and worshipped the golden calf. Even though they had seen the presence of God, and even though they knew Moses was speaking with God, they participated in such ugliness. A repressed guilt must have been rampant throughout the community.
Then here came Moses, all aglow with the reflection of God on his face.
No wonder they were scared.
But he did not give up on them, instead “Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.” Exodus 34:31-32
If God has shown you something, given you a word for someone, or some insight about something, you may not realize how it has affected you, (“he was not aware that his face was radiant because”). I’m not suggesting your face will be glowing, but you cannot be exposed to God and be unaffected. Or, maybe in your excitement, you put off the person you are meant to speak to. Or maybe they’ve been involved with something they should not be involved with and are uncomfortable with someone who is reflecting God’s presence.
Don’t give up.
Call them back.
Give them what God has given you.
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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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