October 23, 2008

• Face to Face

  In Ex 3, we read of Moses’ first encounter with the Lord:  “Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.”  He hid because he understood that he was on holy ground and that he was a sinner (guilty of murder and having had to run from home).  What a contrast to the prophet of God later in Ex 33:1 (and Nu 12:8) who would speak to God face to face as a person would to a friend.  I love this picture — because that is what Jesus has done for us — that though we were sinners and should hide from the presence of a holy God, He has made it possible for us instead to speak intimately with Him as friends would.  That is His passion.

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