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11th April 2024
ThursdayReflection
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'NeverThirsty' discusses
How To Walk With God
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Moses is one of my favourite Old Testament saints.
The conversation that followed Moses seeing a burning bush was rough.
God asked Moses to serve Him, but Moses was not interested.
He had excuses.
If we refuse to serve God as He desires, we will not realise the full joy of what God has for us.
In another event we are told that Moses was visited by God at a tent that Moses called the "Tent of Meeting."
Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the LORD would speak with Moses.
Then they would talk as a man speaks with his friend.
Now does that send goosebumps through you?
When we come to Moses on Mount Sinai, he is not happy.
God tells Moses that He will go 'with' Moses.
Both Moses and God wanted to walk together!
Now remember this for later. This is important!
Moses said,
"Please show me now Your ways, that I may know You!"
This means that he was not happy just being the leader of Israel.
He was not happy with just talking with God at the tent, He wanted to know God!
I pray You, if I have found favour in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You.
But what did Moses mean by Your ways?
This is an important question and Moses does not explain.
The answer is found in Psalm 103:7.
He made known His ways to Moses,
His acts to the sons of Israel.
Psalm 103:7 (NASB)
This verse contrasts Moses to the sons of Israel.
It says that God revealed His ways to Moses, but the Israelites only knew the acts of God.
That is, the Israelites saw what God did, such as the ten plagues in Egypt
They saw the things God did, but Moses discovered an understanding the character of God.
Moses wanted to understand God's character and why He did what He did.
And Psalm 103:7 says that God answered His request.
If You Will Seek For Me With All Your Heart
If we turn to Jeremiah 29:13-14 we find the answer to the question.
There we are told,
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 'I will be found by you,' declares the LORD
Now what does this verse tell us?
You see, if you search for God will all your heart, then He will let you find Him!
God's point is are you serious?
Enoch walked with God, and Moses and God walked together.
Hebrews 11:5 gives us more to think about. The passage says,
By faith Enoch was 'taken up' so that he would not see death.
He was pleasing to God.
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that 'He is' and that 'He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.'
Remember Jeremiah 29:13-14 says, if you will seek Me with all your heart, I will let you find Me.
That was true of David. He sought God with his whole heart.
The great saints in the Old Testament are great because they wanted to know more than facts about God.
They wanted to know God as a friend knows a friend - and God rewarded them.
Now how can we know God? How can we know God's ways?
The answer is found in 1 John 2:12-14.
This passage uses an illustration of physical growth to teach us a spiritual truth.
We must remember that in order to obey God we must know Scripture.
David said that he had hidden God's Word in his heart so that he would not sin against God.
Today, some believers are seeking and searching for God but NOT with all their heart!
They have just added Jesus to their life.
They want a shortcut to spiritual growth.
The truth is the Bible has not changed since we became a Christian, but some of us have changed.
Some have graduated to something better than seeking and desiring to walk with God!
If this describes you, I want to encourage you to confess this sin to God and tell Him that you want to seek Him with all your heart and to know Him.
The more one knows and understands God, the greater the joy and the more he becomes like Jesus.
This is how we walk with God. This is God's great desire!
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