Bible Verse of The Day – 1-6-23

Exodus 32:1 (NKJV) 1 Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

As I was browsing through Exodus recently, I read this verse and I saw something that I had never seen before.

Most times when this verse is discussed, the message will focus on the fact that the Israelites abandoned Moses due to their impatience, and then demanded that Aaron make them a new god to lead them.

But this time, I saw something very different.

The Israelites did not abandon Moses. They abandoned God.

Why?

Because they plainly had no idea who God was. The verse above makes that abundantly clear.

This generation of Israelites had grown up in Egypt, a nation that worshipped idols and numerous false gods. The idea of one sovereign God was something foreign to them.

Moses knew God intimately because God had spoken directly to him, meeting with him face to face. And, in return, Moses had made the effort and taken the time to listen and obey.

The others only saw God as a means to an end; freedom from slavery and a solution to their current situation.

How about us?

Do we treat God the same way as the Israelites of that time, as a means to an end?

Are we looking only for rewards (blessings) and a solution to our situations?

Or have we taken the time to truly seek Him and learn of Him, so we can know Him intimately?

Moses was known as the greatest prophet of the Old Testament. That would not have happened simply because he spoke the words of God to the people of Israel.

It happened because he obeyed God. No, he didn’t do it perfectly. He dropped the ball a few times, and it cost him dearly. But his heart was to do the right thing. And God used him mightily because of it.

Can we say the same for ourselves? Do we honor God with our actions, not just with our words?

Do we seek Him diligently and with our whole heart, as His word tells us to do?

There are only two who know the answers to those questions. Us and God.

How we handle those answers is entirely up to us.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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