Moses – Apprentice 2 Jesus

Quick observations on Exodus

I heard a preacher say (probably more than one preacher): Moses spent 40 years thinking he was somebody; 40 years knowing he was nobody; and 40 years discovering what God can do with a nobody.

New Year, New Opportunities, New Ways to Surrender

The year of transition begins. The year of a completely blank canvas is now on me. I am not panicked. I am not panicked. I am not panicked. (My therapist said if I repeat that phrase three times everything will be okay.)

Knowing God

Exo 33:18 — Exo 33:20 (NIV) 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

Lord, show me your glory

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord. God had promised to show Moses the “glory” of the Lord (33:18, 22). Now that the time had come, the “glory” is barely noticeable in the brief mention of the cloud. The Lord’s greater glory wasContinue reading “Lord, show me your glory”

Long to know his ways

Be Moses.

Favorite passages

If there is any passage I could wear out in any physical Bible, it would be (and is, by the way I look in different translations and see I’ve already been there and marked it up incessantly) Ex. 33:13-23. Almost every day I have a prayer: Seek the favor of God. Moses leads the wayContinue reading “Favorite passages”

Question of the day — A sustained “move of God”

My study in the life of Moses (looking at his prayer life) takes me to Numbers 10. It is Israel just before they are “ready” to move toward the Promised Land. They are truly people of the presence. When the cloud moves, they follow. When the cloud stops, they camp. The feasts are in place.Continue reading “Question of the day — A sustained “move of God””

The necessity of waiting on God

Moses was called up to the mountain. There he was in the powerful presence of God 40 days and nights. Moses spent the forty days in the presence of God and received the blueprint for God’s heart concerning Israel. Israel “waited” at the bottom of the mountain and fell back to their old patterns fromContinue reading “The necessity of waiting on God”

Centered in on the I AM

Moses is a great example of one who had his life completely turned inside out a couple of times, is driven to a place where he doesn’t know what he is truly capable of, and is then given the gift of the presence of God. All of it serves as a lesson for leaders: WeContinue reading “Centered in on the I AM”

Being set free from Egypt

The patterns, habits, bondages of the old life don’t easily go away. There are wonderful stories of addictions that instantly leave when people come to Christ, but more often than not it takes a little more time. Israel came out of slavery and still had a lot of Egypt in them. A few days (relativelyContinue reading “Being set free from Egypt”