Tuesday, August 12, 2025
OUR HUNGRY HEART FOR GOD!
The true believer’s heart
can’t be satisfied with the hog pen husks of this world’s philosophy. No, the
true believer’s heart never rests until it has feasted on the milk and meat of
the Word. It longs for the manna from heaven. Moses throughout his long life
consistently asked God for three things.
Ex 33:13-18
13 Now therefore, I pray thee,
if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I
may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this
nation is thy people.
14 And he said, My presence
shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
15 And he said unto him, If
thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
16 For wherein shall it be
known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in
that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all
the people that are upon the face of the earth.
17 And the LORD said unto
Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found
grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
18 And he said, I
beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
1. SHOW ME YOUR WAYS! Unlike Moses, our minds are
often focused on how we may improve our position, pamper our comfort or
preserve our safety. God wants us to understand that His ways are unlike our
own.
Isa 55:8-9
8 For my thoughts are not your
thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts
than your thoughts.
2. SHARE WITH ME YOUR
PRESENCE! If one
of the horrible aspects of hell is separation of the soul from God then it is a
little bit of hell to not sense His presence. Moses did not want to lead these
people alone. He knew the task at hand was a God sized challenge and, frankly,
he wasn’t up to it. Better not to start such a job without the presence of God.
Ex 33:14
14 And he said, My presence
shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
King David prayed…Ps 51:11 Cast me not away from
thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
3. SHOW ME THY GLORY! That God keeps Himself
invisible is a benefit to us now. He said “no man hath seen God” and that no
flesh could see Him in all His glory and still live. Yet, it is the great
desire of our spirit to behold His glory.
Rev 1:13-17
13 And in the midst of the
seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to
the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were
white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine
brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many
waters.
16 And he had in his right
hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his
countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17 And when I [John] saw him, I
fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me,
saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
1 John 3:2
2 Beloved, now are we the sons
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when
he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
Oh, yes! We shall see Him but
when we see Him we will be like Him; that is we shall not be flesh but spirit.
“And Lord, haste the day when
our faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a
scroll.
The trump shall resound – and
the Lord shall descend,
Even so, it is well with my
soul.”
Dear Lord, show me your ways –
share with me your presence – and give me today a glimpse of your glory! AMEN
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