May 19                                         2 Sam 13 - 15

WHICH VIEW?

MEMORISE: ‘He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.’ (Ps 103: 7)
READ: Psalms 103: 6-8

When you give your life to Christ, you become a new creation. Then, depending on certain factors, you begin to see things in certain ways. ‘He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel (Ps 103: 7). Your distance from an object will determine how clearly and accurately you see that object. You can only know God when you are close to him. When you walk with God, there is a choice you have to make: whether you want to know his ways or his acts. The choice you make will determine the kind and quality of sacrifice you make and the price you will be required to pay.

The children of Israel in the wilderness were content to see God’s miracles and sign. They were fine as long as the Red Sea opened for them to cross; manna fell from heaven for 40 years and the bitter waters became sweet at Marah. On one occasion, God invited the elders and nobles to climb a little way up the mountain and celebrate the progress they had made (Ex 24). ‘And the LORD said unto Moses, ‘Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stones, and a law, and commandments which I have written, that thou mayest teach them’ (verse 12).

Moses went up and kept going, to where God was on Mt Sinai. As long as you remain complacent, you will never amount to anyone special before God. If you do not thirst after God and continue to remain in his presence, all you will see will be outcomes. Moses saw God’s ways. He went up to God and tarried there in the midst of fire, forty days and forty nights. He was at the place where the miracle was being forged. He saw God in action. He discussed with God intimately –face to face. No wonder, when he came down the mountain, every problem he met became a testimony.

You, too, can be in the place where the miracle is being wrought. You should not remain an onlooker. Do not be satisfied with your current level. You can go higher. Move upwards from now. Ask God to show you his ways and tell him you a not satisfied with just seeing his acts. The higher you can climb, the more secrets will be revealed to you.

ACTION POINT
Allow the Lord to show you his ways, not just his acts, and
draw you nearer to him than you are to anyone else.