Exodus 3:5-6
GOD SAID,"COME NO NEARER!".....
MOSES HID HIS FACE, FOR HE WAS AFRAID TO LOOK
AT GOD.
EXODUS 3:5-6
Have you ever been that close to God?
I mean, God had to tell Moses- "Come no nearer!"
How often does God tell you- "Come no nearer!" ...and then we wonder why we can´t be used by God in a mighty way!
we wonder why we can´t set even our families free...
I want to hear that from God someday.
I keep pushing, but honestly there is always this point when I feel I am getting too close, and then I cool things off, way before God says "Come no nearer!"
I decide to get busy with something urgent...
Why?
Fear.
God is fearsome.
Years back a friend asked me why the Bible said "fear of God", I said I thought the translators had used the wrong word. I told her that I had a real close relationship with God, so close that I could even laugh with Him, and so I definitely would have chosen RESPECT instead of FEAR.
Well, I did have a relationship with God, and I did laugh with Him, but I had no idea of what I was talking about.
God is fearsome.
Now I continue to think the translator used the wrong word. But now,I think that instead of fear they should have used the word PANIC.
Every time you read of a person reacting with "fear" in the Bible, change the word to "panic" it is closer in meaning.
And have you noticed how often it is mentioned?
I mean the people that drew close to God...they always reached a point in which they reacted with panic.
My cousin recently told me "that is not an appealing message"...I desperatly searched for the words to try to make him understand that it is not "a message" ...It is reality.
Last year, God stopped me. And He drew near me.
The first forty days of that season have changed my vision of God in a dramatic way.
God is God.
God is fearsome.
When He is near...you panic.
Your body panics...amazingly it is wiser...I am not exagerating...the physical pain that comes along with God´s presence is undescribeable. Agony...every muscle, every nerve, every marrow cries out "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!"
There are no words your soul can utter. Nothing seems right ...you are standing before God and He is HOLY...and suddenly you realize that you are not.. No words to justify your hardened heart.
Shame and grief accompany your soul.
Somehow you manage a thought:
"OH GOD! I thought I was ready for this moment... and I am not!"
Then your soul joins your body and together they cry out: "MERCY, MERCY, MERCY!"
Your spirit trembles, it shakes before the One it has so longed to be before...it humbly bows down...more than bows...then cries out:
"don´t see me! Please remember THE LAMB!"
A choir of agony. A plead for mercy. A desperate call for a second chance. "I am not ready for your presence God, please, please God, COME NO NEARER!"
Panic stricken, and panic are words that fit this situation in a closer sense, but honestly I think that we don´t have the perfect words.
We live our lives in such a light way. We sin with no remorse. We appeal to God´s love in such a strong way that we have totally forsaken the FEAR of God...you can bring your best arguments, I will not hear. God drew near to me. I trembled with FEAR.
One more thought: isn´t it intereting that we speak so little on "The FEAR of God" (because it isn´t an appealing message) and yet the Bible clearly states that it is THE TRUE BEGINNING OF LIFE?
Just turn the pages...it speaks so much on the fear of the LORD.
The beginning of wisdom? ...the FEAR of the LORD.
we know that one by heart, but there are so many other places where it makes it a point.
Proverbs 31. The woman every man wants to marry. We all have heard this passage. I have heard it preached a thousand times. And not once did the preacher make an emphasis on "she FEARS the LORD", they mentioned it, but not as panic, the sense in the words were more "respect of GOD".
Fear of God, the beginning of a woman every man would like to marry.
Fear of God, the beginning of wisdom.
Fear of God, the beginning of justice and therefore peace.
Fear of God.
My friend, I am begging you to ponder on this words in hope that you may have a different story to tell than mine.
The saddness that fills my heart as I recall that I for one had to tell My God: "Come no nearer!", is deeper than all the oceans put together.
May you be able to hear God say: "Come no nearer!"
May your story be different than mine
MOSES HID HIS FACE, FOR HE WAS AFRAID TO LOOK
AT GOD.
EXODUS 3:5-6
Have you ever been that close to God?
I mean, God had to tell Moses- "Come no nearer!"
How often does God tell you- "Come no nearer!" ...and then we wonder why we can´t be used by God in a mighty way!
we wonder why we can´t set even our families free...
I want to hear that from God someday.
I keep pushing, but honestly there is always this point when I feel I am getting too close, and then I cool things off, way before God says "Come no nearer!"
I decide to get busy with something urgent...
Why?
Fear.
God is fearsome.
Years back a friend asked me why the Bible said "fear of God", I said I thought the translators had used the wrong word. I told her that I had a real close relationship with God, so close that I could even laugh with Him, and so I definitely would have chosen RESPECT instead of FEAR.
Well, I did have a relationship with God, and I did laugh with Him, but I had no idea of what I was talking about.
God is fearsome.
Now I continue to think the translator used the wrong word. But now,I think that instead of fear they should have used the word PANIC.
Every time you read of a person reacting with "fear" in the Bible, change the word to "panic" it is closer in meaning.
And have you noticed how often it is mentioned?
I mean the people that drew close to God...they always reached a point in which they reacted with panic.
My cousin recently told me "that is not an appealing message"...I desperatly searched for the words to try to make him understand that it is not "a message" ...It is reality.
Last year, God stopped me. And He drew near me.
The first forty days of that season have changed my vision of God in a dramatic way.
God is God.
God is fearsome.
When He is near...you panic.
Your body panics...amazingly it is wiser...I am not exagerating...the physical pain that comes along with God´s presence is undescribeable. Agony...every muscle, every nerve, every marrow cries out "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy!"
There are no words your soul can utter. Nothing seems right ...you are standing before God and He is HOLY...and suddenly you realize that you are not.. No words to justify your hardened heart.
Shame and grief accompany your soul.
Somehow you manage a thought:
"OH GOD! I thought I was ready for this moment... and I am not!"
Then your soul joins your body and together they cry out: "MERCY, MERCY, MERCY!"
Your spirit trembles, it shakes before the One it has so longed to be before...it humbly bows down...more than bows...then cries out:
"don´t see me! Please remember THE LAMB!"
A choir of agony. A plead for mercy. A desperate call for a second chance. "I am not ready for your presence God, please, please God, COME NO NEARER!"
Panic stricken, and panic are words that fit this situation in a closer sense, but honestly I think that we don´t have the perfect words.
We live our lives in such a light way. We sin with no remorse. We appeal to God´s love in such a strong way that we have totally forsaken the FEAR of God...you can bring your best arguments, I will not hear. God drew near to me. I trembled with FEAR.
One more thought: isn´t it intereting that we speak so little on "The FEAR of God" (because it isn´t an appealing message) and yet the Bible clearly states that it is THE TRUE BEGINNING OF LIFE?
Just turn the pages...it speaks so much on the fear of the LORD.
The beginning of wisdom? ...the FEAR of the LORD.
we know that one by heart, but there are so many other places where it makes it a point.
Proverbs 31. The woman every man wants to marry. We all have heard this passage. I have heard it preached a thousand times. And not once did the preacher make an emphasis on "she FEARS the LORD", they mentioned it, but not as panic, the sense in the words were more "respect of GOD".
Fear of God, the beginning of a woman every man would like to marry.
Fear of God, the beginning of wisdom.
Fear of God, the beginning of justice and therefore peace.
Fear of God.
My friend, I am begging you to ponder on this words in hope that you may have a different story to tell than mine.
The saddness that fills my heart as I recall that I for one had to tell My God: "Come no nearer!", is deeper than all the oceans put together.
May you be able to hear God say: "Come no nearer!"
May your story be different than mine
posted by thisfool @ 4:25 AM
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