45. God is omnipresent (1)
This week I read a passage in 1 Kings 20 that I would like to share with you. The king of Aram decided to attack the king of Israel, but his attack didn’t go very well. They were soundly beaten by the Israeli troops. Then the officers of the king of Aram came to him […]
44. Forget the past
I was reading the Accountancy South Africa magazine this week and in the magazine they honored a couple of Chartered Accountant woman who is an inspiration to all women in the financial sector and actually to all women in general. One lady’s testimony stood out for me. Her name is Mpho and she grew up […]
63. Take inventory of your life
After receiving God’s laws and decrees the Israelites were ready to move on and conquer their Promised Land. They have been camping at Mount Sinai for quite some time and I am certain that they were eager to get moving. But first God instructed them to take a census. ‘Take a census of the whole […]
62. Ask God about the future
God is love and God is good and everything He tells us to do or not to do is for our own good. We can trust Him to know what is best for us! And as I read through the laws given to Moses I noticed one interesting one that affects us today as well: […]
61. Love God and love others (1)
Last week we looked at the first of two points that I would like to highlight regarding the Law of Moses. As I said last week, I am not going to go through the Law in detail now; I simply want to highlight these two points. Firstly a lot of the rules were given to […]
60. Turn away from the world
We are currently busy discussing Moses’ life and we are looking at the rules that God gave Moses for the Israelites to follow. These rules are called ‘The Law of Moses’ and is actually quite interesting to read and I think there is a lot to learn from them. But for now I am not […]
59. Entering into God’s presence
God’s Tabernacle was finished and Moses received further instructions from God there. One of the instructions that God gave Moses was that they must celebrate a Day of Atonement once a year. On this day the High Priest had to go into the Most Holy Place and present God with an offering to atone for […]
58. We are God’s Temple
The Tabernacle of God has been built and all the duties of the priests and the people have been assigned to them. I think a lot can be said about the Tabernacle and God willing I will one day write about the significance and symbolism of the Tabernacle and subsequently the Temple of God. But […]
57. Respect God
The tabernacle has been completed and the Israelites did a wonderful job. It was precisely as He had commanded and to show that He was pleased with it, His glorious presence entered into the Tabernacle and He resided there with them. From the tabernacle, He continued to give Moses right instructions on how He expected […]
56. Listen to God’s instructions
God gave Moses the instructions on everything concerning the building of the Tabernacle and Moses followed all the instructions down to the letter. He did everything exactly as God had commanded him. He also didn’t try and do all the work himself, no he had learned an important management lesson, he delegated the work to […]
55. Allow God to use you
God continued to give His detailed instructions to Moses on how the Israelites were supposed to be living. He also gave Moses detailed instructions on the building of His tabernacle. He requested the people to give offerings to Him to be used in the tabernacle. All the Israelites went away to their tents and brought […]
54. Glow for God (2)
We can glow just like Moses’ face did after he had spoken with God. We can glow even more, because of the work of the Holy Spirit within us and due to the fact that we are part of Jesus’ Body. Jesus glowed while He was on earth. Everyone that was not threatened by Him, […]
53. Glow for God (1)
God is gracious and good. Even after the Israelites worshipped a gold calf, God forgave them and patiently wrote the Ten Commandments again on two stone tablets for them. He called Moses up to Mount Sinai and Moses spent forty days and forty nights in the presence of God. God called Moses ‘His Friend’. ‘…the […]
52. Lead us unto the right paths
Last week we saw that sins have consequences and the Israelites quickly learned that lesson after they worshipped the calf of gold. They were quite aware that they were supposed to worship God alone. Now due to this incident, God spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting and told him that He couldn’t continue […]
51. Sin has consequences
The Israelites built their own god the moment Moses went up Mount Sinai to hear God’s instructions. They sent Moses to God, because they didn’t want to hear what He was saying themselves. They told Moses that God must speak to him and then they will listen and do what he tells them. Now while […]
50. Don’t reduce God to your size
Moses was up on Mount Sinai, in the presence of the Lord, carefully listening to His instructions regarding the Tabernacle, the priests and His covenant with Israel. And whilst Moses was gone the people complained to Aaron that Moses was gone and that they wanted to make gods for themselves to lead them. Aaron shockingly […]
49. Take a stand for God
Moses was up on Mount Sinai for forty days and forty nights. There the Lord spoke to him and gave him instructions on the building of the Tabernacle, the clothing of the priests etc. God also gave him two stone tablets on which God wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger, signaling the signing […]
48. Each of us has a role to play
God instructed Moses on all the details of how the Tabernacle and all its furnishings, the Ark of the Covenant, the clothing of the priests etc should look like. Everything had to be made with precision and with detail, exactly as God commanded. And in order to be able to that, people with special craftsmanship […]
47. Treat God with holiness and respect
Moses went up to Mount Sinai to receive instructions from God for forty days and forty nights. It must have been a holy and humbling experience for Moses, standing in the midst of our Glorious God! There God gave him instructions on the clothing of the priests, the dedication of the priests, the layout of […]
46. Spend time with God
Israel accepted God’s covenant with them. Moses announced all the teachings and regulations the Lord had given him to the people and they agreed that they will do everything that the Lord had told them to do. After that Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu and seventy of Israel’s leaders went up to Mount Sinai. And there […]