And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
— Exodus 20:19
We do not consciously disobey God, we simply do not heed Him. God has given us His commands; there they are, but we do not pay any attention to them, not because of wilful disobedience but because we do not love and respect Him. “If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments.” When once we realize that we have been “disrespecting”
God all the time, we are covered with shame and humiliation because we have not heeded Him.
“Speak thou with us…but let not God speak with us.” We show how little we love God by preferring to listen to His servants only. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we do not desire that God Himself should speak to us. Why are we so terrified lest God should speak to us? Because we know that if God does speak, either the thing must be done or we must tell God we will not obey Him. If it is only the servant’s voice we hear, we feel it is not imperative, we can say, “Well, that is simply your own idea, though I don’t deny it is probably God’s truth.”
Am I putting God in the humiliating position of having treated me as a child of His whilst all the time I have been ignoring Him? When I do hear Him, the humiliation I have put on Him comes back on me – “Lord, why was I so dull and so obstinate?” This is always the result when once we do hear God. The real delight of hearing Him is tempered with shame in having been so long in hearing Him.
On this day...
- Job 5 - 2023
- Job 4 - 2023
- For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding. - 2011
- World Visitors - 2011
- Among the oxen (like an ox I'm slow)-I see a glory in the stable grow-Which with the ox's dullness might at length-give me an ox's strength - 2011
- Among the mules(stubborn I as they)-I see my Saviour where I looked for hay-So may my beastlike folly learn at least-the patience of a beast - 2011
- Never let us forget that God expects fruit from us - 2011
- Is there anyone who has everything as he wishes? No - neither I, nor you, nor any man on earth. - 2011
- The most dangerous and unsure thing is to try to live without God. - 2011
- I love to see holy mirth; I delight to see men well feasted. I like Christmas; I wish it came six times a year - 2011
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