Thursday, February 13, 2014

Moses and You (Speaking to God Face to Face)

Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside of the camp. 
The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.  Then Moses would return to camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.  Exodus 33:7 b,11

I want what Moses had with God.  What could be better?  We seem content to simply read about God and Moses, but from what I read, anyone could go to the tent of meeting...and stay there.

Anyone.
Joshua stayed.

We are told we have a "better covenant" based on "better promises."  Then we who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who have the Spirit of the living God inside of our bodies, individually or collectively, are content with mere "Bible Studies."  We don't read God's word with the Author, the Holy Spirit, reading it to us.  We read it through denominational biases as merely the words of theologians, seminarians, and commentators.  Arguing.  Debating.  Dividing.  Not hearing God speak to us face to face as a man speaks to his friend.

Is this why Jesus came, so we could read and then argue over the Bible?
Is this why His Spirit is in us?

What do you want?

I want God to speak to me, face to face, as a man speaks with his friend.
And I have it, because I have God's Spirit in me.

So do you, if you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

You are now the tent of meeting because your body is the temple of God's Spirit.
Let Him speak to you face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. 
Be like Joshua. Never leave His presence.

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