Today's Reading
Exodus. An interesting note to today's reading. The story of humans on earth had been told verbally from generation to generation until the time of Moses. He was the one who started writing down the hundreds of years of human history. Consequently, he is now telling us his own story.
We receive some beautiful detail about Moses' birth and a small story about his flight from Egypt. The encounter with the burning bush begins a journal of many significant events. By this time, Moses was 80 years old. He was in Egypt for about 40 years, in Midian for about 40 years and leading the people for his last 40 years. I believe it was Dwight L. Moody who said, "Moses spent the first 40 years of his life thinking he was somebody, the next 40 years of his life finding out he was a nobody, and the last 40 years of his life discovering what God can do with somebody who finds out he's a nobody."
Yes, I know that Moses was insecure at this time. But today I noticed His deep reverence for God. When he discovered it was Yahweh speaking to him, Moses would no longer even look up at the bush. Somehow we must find reverence for Him in the midst of the intimate relationship He gives us through Jesus.
Matthew. It seems that almost everything Jesus said and did in today's passage has to be pondered to gain understanding. Even after reading and studying these passages over much of my life, I find myself discovering new facets as I grow older. What do you think?
Psalm 22 is prophetic. Written hundreds of years before Jesus, it describes many occurrences on the cross. What do you see?
Proverbs. Again, we are warned about the dangers of yielding to temptation. In this case, it's especially the temptation of immorality.
I anticipate your questions and your insights.
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I love reading these Old Testament stories where God speaks so directly to his choosen few. As I try to restructure my days to allow time to listen for God's leadings, I find myself a little jealous of Moses, Joseph, Jacob, and Abraham. They got to hear God in such an unmistakable way! What makes me really appreciate my new-testament-relationship with God is the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
ReplyDelete...The Holy Spirit fills the hole in my heart, as it was designed to do. I can't imagine serving God without the help of the Spirit. Do you think these patriarchs had some version of the Holy Spirit too? Or was that just for NT believers?
ReplyDeleteJulie, everything I have heard or read says that the Holy Spirit came upon God's people in the Old Testament to give them what they needed to accomplish God's assignment for them. The intimate relationship of the indwelling Spirit began on the Day of Pentecost and wasn't available until Christ died for our sins and rose again to conquer the power of spiritual death. They were saved by looking forward to God's complete work. We live in the age of grace and Christ restores us to be the people humans were intended to be before The Fall.
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