Seeking Pearls

In the seventh and final episode on our Face to Face series with Moses, we see him seeking more and more of God's glory. The more he gets to know God, the more he wants to know God. The more he sees God, the more he wants to see of God.

Oh! That I would be like Moses!

In the sixth episode of Face to Face, we see Moses really dig into his new role as intercessor for the people of Israel. Though he was a stranger to them all just months ago, he is now the one who prays for them and intercedes on their behalf. When they mess up, he goes up the mountain to meet with a holy God for them. When they are hungry, he asks the Giver of all things for food. When they are thirsty, he begs God to quench their thirst. He is, in every sense, their intercessor.

What is most amazing about this is that it means that Moses has come to a place in his relationship with God that he could talk to God about anything and everything. He knew God intimately, personally, faithfully, and he was brutally honest with God in all things. Let's see how this happened in real life.

In today's episode, we continue to journey with Moses through some extreme obedience training. As he travels the desert with the Israelites, Moses is put to the task of doing everything God asks him to do, and nothing else. Throw the stick, hit the rock, climb the mountain, go down, go back up...everything God says, Moses does. It is obedience training like none other; but as we will see, it also becomes intimacy with God like none other.

Again, it leaves me wanting to be like Moses...

Moses continues to obey God with surprising obedience, even as God asks him to do things beyond what we could imagine. God is the only true God, above all little gods we might worship, and the more we give him time, space, attention, and obedience, the more we will see his wonders.

As God leads the people to the Sea of Reeds, WHO IS WITH THEM???

Moses started out reluctantly at the burning bush, but over the course of time we see him growing in his relationship with God. By the time we are into the plagues, Moses does everything God says without the least bit of arguing or complaining.

What we see is Moses giving God time, space, attention and obedience. These steady habits and routines eventually lead to the beautiful fruit of knowing God personally, intimately, like a friend knows another friend.

I want to be like Moses!

In this episode we will meet with Moses and God at the burning bush. Who was in the bush? Why did Moses argue so much? What in the world possibly convinced Moses that he should reach out and grab that snake??!!

To whom does God want to send me???

In this new series we will look at Moses, and specifically, we will look into his unique and profound relationship with God. At the beginning, does he even know God? In the end, they talk face to face...

How does that happen? What does that mean? Can we do that too??

Join me for a journey through the desert!

Philippians 3 is one of the most breathtaking chapters of Scripture in the whole Bible. In it, we see Paul's heart to know Jesus more. Here we have this man who has suffered more for the cause of the Gospel than anyone else, and we see that in his deepest heart all he wants is to know Jesus even more. He presses on for that one cause, to be like Jesus and to know Jesus.

Let that be our heart-cry as well!