In Search of God's Promises

What is the one thing we do when we feel out of control in a situation? We grasp onto something stable, something we can lean on, something that will hold us up. When the ground is shifting we want something solid to stand on. This is a journey through the Bible in search of God's promises for us today. Let's look together to see how many "boulders" He has in His quarry for us to stand on! "It is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants." Rom. 9:8

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Promise 48 from Exodus 19:21-22

Ex. 19:21-22 - "Then the Lord spoke to Moses, 'Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through to the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. Also let the priests who come near to the Lord consecrate themselves, or else the Lord will break out against them.'" - Moses went to God, only after He summoned him to come. When I read these verses, I needed to ask God specifically the meaning behind them. Why would the people perish if they gazed upon Him, when Jesus says, "come to Me all who are weary?" There is a clash of character. What God revealed to me is the love that these verses represent. We cannot presume to go to God on our own volition, our own will and on our own merit. We can only go to Him through His bidding. He, only, draws us to Himself through the work of His Spirit. We cannot stand before Him with all our filth, and force His attention upon us. We can only stand before Him cleansed, pure and holy, which also can only happen through the cleansing blood of Christ. It is only By His grace and His love that He calls us by name, to walk through the blood bath of Jesus and approach Him anew as His beloved children, redeemed by love.

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