Exodus 19 is when there is a meeting of the minds. God and Moses get together and then God comes to the people. “Moses went up to meet God” and an unusual thing happens on the way up. “God called down to him”. God wasn’t oblivious to Moses attempt to connect here. God is fully aware and tuned in. As Moses begins his journey toward God, He is met immediately. Do you experience that? Or maybe you never even try to go to God. Maybe you just sit there with arms crossed telling God you will wait for Him to show up. God doesn’t often work like that – at least in a positive way. He wants to meet us when we seek Him. Scripture is full of examples and promises like that – we will find Him when we seek Him. Problem is that most of us never even start to look. We don’t seek at all, and then we say we can’t find God. Moses shows us how – we need to put the relationship in motion.
God gives Moses some instruction for the people. He takes the message back and the people say “Everything GOD says, we will do”. Pretty bold statement and we will quickly see they have a vey short memory when it comes to obedience. They are instructed to get ready for a visit from God and on the third day He shows up. He descends on the mountain as fire and a cloud. He speaks to the people and tells them how to live. He is alive and wants to have a relationship with His chosen people. God wants the same from us. He wants to be our God. He wants to communicate with us. He desires our obedience. Will you commit to doing everything God says? He has already told us most of what we need to know in His Word. We aren’t left with a lot of things we need to figure out. God is a personal God. He wants a relationship. Obedience is a big part of it for us. Listening is as well. But it all starts with our willingness to seek Him – to acknowledge Him for who He is and go after finding Him. He will meet us and make us His own. Are you looking?
