Today’s Text: Exodus 33:13
If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your
ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And
remember that this nation is your very own people.”
Words of Devotion
As we reread Moses’ prayer
today, we are struck with the humility with which Moses asks God to continue
revealing His ways. If anyone had firsthand experience of watching God
work, it was Moses. Here are a few examples:
-God speaks to him through a burning bush
(Exodus 3).
-God uses Moses to prophesy 10 plagues on Egypt (Exodus 7-11).
-God works through Moses to split the Red Sea (Exodus 14).
-God gives Moses the 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20).
-God speaks to Moses as a man speaks to a friend (Exodus 34:34).
Moses had seen God do some
amazing miracles. Moses was the first person to read God’s law.
Moses had an incredibly intimate knowledge of God… Yet he prays, “Please show me
your ways.”
If Moses realized he had not
arrived, then there’s a good chance we have not either. Throughout
scripture and history the best leaders are those who posture themselves as
life-long learners. Solid spiritual leaders continuously lead out of the
overflow of what God is teaching them. As we pray, there should be a sense of
humility in our prayers for a guidance that only God can give. Learn from Moses
today the man considered to be one of the most humble (Number 12:3).
Is there sense of Humility
in your prayers?
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