Daily Manna 28 July
KEY VERSE: “And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.” – Exodus 24:15,16
TEXT: Exodus 24:12-18
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.”
13 So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. 14 And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we come back to you. Indeed, Aaron and Hur are with you. If any man has a difficulty, let him go to them.” 15 Then Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.
16 Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 The sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel. 18 So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
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Patience appears to be one of the virtues that is lacking in our present age. Absence of it has denied so many people valuable opportunities. Sometimes, during a recruitment process, a test of patience is administered to job seekers to observe their attitude, following a delay in the commencement of an interview. With this, they note those who complain and say ill things about the organisation and those who run out of patience and decide to leave. Only those who are deemed to have passed this test of patience are given the employment.
Moses exhibited this virtue in a very striking manner in our text. God had invited him to come up to the mount to meet Him to receive the tables containing the Ten Commandments. Moses obeyed. But for the first six days on that mount, God did not say anything to him. It was not until the seventh day before He called out to him. But all through those waiting, silent days, Moses remained patient before the Lord. No wonder God found him a reliable tool for His purpose.
How we need to learn this virtue of patience and pray to God for the grace to wait! Many believers can hardly wait for God to fulfil what He has promised them. They have missed hearing the voice of God and getting clear directions from Him concerning His purposes for their lives, careers, ministries and marriages because they cannot wait.
There is great profit in patience. We should allow God all the time He needs to deal with us. No time spent waiting for Him is wasted. Moses did not only get the tables of stones containing the Ten Commandments; his face also shone and glowed with God’s glory. The waiting did not go for nothing. Wait!
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: There is profit in patience.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 34-36
Thank you for studying today’s Daily Manna – Waiting in His Presence – by Pastor Enoch A.
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Daily Manna 28 July 2021
