8/10/2008 11:06 AM
My Worship Time Focus: God’s glory revealed
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Exodus 33:18-23
Message of the verses: “18
Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!" 19 And
He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will
proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will
be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show
compassion." 20 But He said, "You cannot see My face,
for no man can see Me and live!"
21 Then the LORD said,
"Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock;
22 and it will come about, while My
glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you
with My hand until I have passed by. 23 "Then I will take My hand away and you
shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.’”
The first
thing that I want to say here is that the verse note from the Online Bible from
John Calvin’s notes helped me to understand a portion of this section that I
did not understand before. I also can
say that on days like this it is when I truly miss my dear friend and Pastor,
Dr. Jack Jacobs, for I could have gone to him and had a wonderful discussion
about this passage to the glory of God.
Dr. Wiersbe
points out that when a servant of God, and he is speaking of a Pastor or leader
in the Church has a difficult time with his flock that he needs a fresh look at
the glory of God and this is exactly what Moses asked for at this time.
The
question that I had was why did God say to Moses what He said to him in verse
nineteen, “I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show
compassion on whom I will show compassion?”
John Calvin’s commentary showed me the answer to that question when he
connected the sin of the people that is the making of the golden calf,
therefore breaking the first commandment that God gave them, he connected this
statement with that act. These were
God’s chosen people and God has chosen to have mercy on them, and this does not
that He looks away from their sin for God did judge the wicked ones here, but God
answers to know one and therefore He can have mercy on who he wants to have
mercy.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I desire greatly to have a new view of the
glory of God because of all the trials and tests and at times sinful habits
that are happening in my life today.
This is what I desire and what I pray that God will show, not only me
but also my wife, as we go through this together.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- To have the desire to have God reveal to me His glory.
- Put on my spiritual armor.
- Trust the Lord to guide my path.
- Learn contentment through the trials I am going through.
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20:1-6
- Then God spoke all these words, saying,
- I am
the Lord your God who brought you out of the
- You shall have no other gods before Me.
- You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth.
- You shall not worship or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and forth generation of them that hate me,
- but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.
8/10/2008 12:11 PM
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