I Saw God This Morning
I saw God.
I'd been needing to see Him. My trust had been slipping. My obedience lacking. Was He going to come through? Was He still with me in this wilderness of loneliness mixed with guilt? Or had He left- because of my sins. Because of my foolishness. Because of my lack of trust in His provision.
I woke up this morning and prayed: "God - I need you to meet me here this morning. I NEED YOU!! I'm nothing without you. If you don't show up at this moment then I'm a goner. I'm going to sin. I'm too weak. I won't have hope. I need you, please come meet me."
And then what did I do to posture my heart to see Him?
I opened my Bible.
Posture Your Heart To See God
I'd been reading through Exodus, so I read through Exodus 19. And as Moses ascended that mountain to meet with His God, God descended His to meet me in that moment. I read where God warned Moses: "warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish" (v21)
In God’s warning I saw love. God, knowing if Israel’s unholiness would meet His perfect holiness, they would die, he tells them to keep their distance. What beauty for us this story shows, the juxtaposition of relating to God before Jesus, and after! Now, I see in Jesus Christ the blood that was spilled to make me holy. So that I could approach the living God. His purity covered my lust. His truth covered my lies. His faithfulness covered my unfaithfulness. His abundance covered my lack.
I saw God only because He allowed me near, taking steps towards me first, which is most clearly seen in Jesus Christ.
This morning I was with the Holy One. Not because I deserved it. Not because I'm Special. Not because of anything I did. I was just needy. I voiced my neediness to God. And God loves to glorify Himself when we are needy.
Will you sit with him?
I saw God this morning.
How can you see Him? Be needy. Recognize you are not self-sufficient. Pray earnestly for Him to meet you. Then open your Bible and read prayerfully. The goal isn't to read, but to know God. Get in His word my friends. It's worth it.
Seeing with you,
Josh.
