Friday, January 31, 2014
Understanding Ways
As we grow with God, we learn to know His ways. This is a goal for us as believers. As I was thinking about this it made me not only want to know God’s ways, but to really understand what that means. We have some examples in the scriptures.
Psalms 103:7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
Moses knew God’s ways, in contrast to the children of Israel that only saw His acts. He wanted to know God’s ways because it meant he would know God.
Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
The result was that Moses was the one that routinely trusted God for deliverance. Moses spent time with God regularly, but the children of Israel wanted Moses to God see God and come back and tell them the result.
Exodus 20:18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
This is where we want to be with God. Moses had confidence in God after all that he had seen and experienced. Moses took these things to heart. If we can do the same, then we will be like the first century church. At first they were all Jews that had been looking for their Messiah. When He came and died and rose again, they understood what God was doing and they knew God. We need to be this same way, confident in our God as our deliverer King. Today, let’s spend time asking God to show us His ways that we might know Him personally and not as someone that just sees a miracle or some good thing at a distance.
Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You as our Most High King. We want to know You; we want to know Your ways. Please help us to learn what it means to love You and our neighbors. Help us to be like You. Help us to promote Your kingdom in this earth. Show us who to reach out to to bring healing and deliverance. Please send us Your provision and deliverance today Lord. And we praise and thank You for all You do for us today and everyday. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.