Exodus 24:7 –
Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people. Again they all responded, “We will do everything the Lord has commanded. We will obey.”
“We will obey.“ How many times have we personally said that? How about this week? And how many of those times have we failed to follow through? Doesn’t seem to matter who we said "we will obey” to, I know I always fall short. I may try, but “obey” is a strong word. “Obey” mean I will not deviate from what is written. Unfortunately when we slip a little, instead of confession and returning to obedience, we tend to drift further into the abyss.
In this chapter, Moses and the “inner” circle got to eat with God, How cool would that be to have one on one with the creator! Imagine the conversation there! Would you be silent and amazed or would you be asking a million questions? I like to think I would ask, but would most likely be silent!! But also if you really think of God as omnipresent, we are with God right now. I wonder how God manifested himself for this meeting. No matter how He did it, they experienced God first hand.
After this meal Moses and God cut out for another 40 days. Later the “we will obey” line everyone gave falls short, to the point of getting Moses and God really upset. When will we learn laws and rules don’t mean you will automatically obey? Giving someone “lip service” or saying what they want to hear and not following through is very bad. Say what you mean, mean what you say, do what you say and say what you do, it is that simple!
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Proverbs 17:21 – “It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there is no joy for the father of a rebel.”