Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Today's Passage: Exodus 23-24

During the course of my life, I have often been around people that cause me to think to myself, "God has extraordinarily blessed them." It seemed to me that their lives were in perfect order and that God chose to bless these people in a great way in which everything goes their way. Their lives were going so great that it almost was enough to cause jealousy, and wonder why God cannot do the same in my life. That is pretty much the case here in Exodus 23-24 for Moses. We have the privilege of looking at a 'snapshot' of his life in which everything seems to be going his way. Moses was the only one who was able to approach and worship God closely. Moses then told the people what God said and they were ecstatic! He built an altar and then spent forty days with God on the mountain. It is quite easy to look at Moses and wonder, "Why is my life not filled with such perfection and blessings like Moses?"

Fortunately, we have a bigger picture of Moses and his relationship to his people and God. The times were not so perfect as we see here in these two chapters. Moses would continue to question God and his decisions, and the people would constantly doubt God's provisions and Moses' leadership. Moses had the privilege of being a key player in the covenant being confirmed and establishing God's law. God chose his servant to establish order and law to the people. Moses was able to do great things for God, but it can be seen here that Moses was simply following the calling of God. Moses had no great gift, in fact he had some flaws that may have even prevented him from being in a leadership position in contemporary times. However, the greatness of God comes pouring out of this passage, as well as the opportunity for man to worship the Creator. We may choose to intentionally worship our Creator and how He has worked out His plan for generations through people like Moses.