March 27, 2012

Psalm 103:7 He made known His ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel.


Whoa, this is some heavy stuff!!  Getting into new cerebral territory for me.

Blackaby compares the Israelites knowledge of God as being surface.  They witnessed the Red Sea parting, ate manna and quail.  But Moses' God-knowledge went far deeper that just the provision of God.   In Exodus 33 Moses says to God, "Now show me your glory."  Moses was not content with just God's provision and protection.  He wanted to know God's very essence.  God's character was of importance to Moses, not just His deeds.

Why don't I seek this level of God knowledge?  Fear?  Ignorance?  Laziness?  Feelings of unworthiness?

"And the survey said. . ."

For me I think "ignorance" and "feelings of unworthiness".  Until today's reading I had never really separated God's deeds from God's essence.  I know that His acts point to His essence, but to genuinely desire that deeper level of knowledge was something I had not given a lot of thought to.

Satan is still hammering on my "unworthiness".  The years I have wasted.  The people whose lives I have damaged.  The sins I have committed.  Until I can more fully and consistently internalize the reality that God not only forgives ALL my sin but separates me from them as far as east is from west, I will continue to struggle in my journey to really KNOWING God.