Craving for God!
Verse for Today: Thursday, November 01,
2012
Exodus 33:13 – If You are pleased with me, teach me Your
ways so I may know You and continue to find favor with You.
When we know God closely and see His glory, a Godly fear
fills our hearts with the awesomeness of His majesty. The vision of God fills
our hearts with His glory and makes us realize what we should ask of Him. Such
a vision changes our entire perspectives in life. God will then become our
priority and desire and nothing else. When we do not know God so well, we might
be tempted to ask for favors and possessions in this life. But as we draw
closer to God, we would find that anything that we receive from God would have
no value at all as compared to developing a deeper understanding of who God
really is and to continue to enjoy His favor. It will also develop a great
thirst in us to find what pleases God rather than man. This was the experience
of Moses as he became more and more conscious of the majesty of God. Our God
satisfies the desires of His people who seek His ways and want to please Him.
When we see the glittering glory of God, our desire for anything tangible will
diminish and disappear from our hearts as God fills us with Himself. Paul had
such a desire to know Him more and enjoy the fullness of the power of His
resurrection. For Paul, everything tangible was trash as he only desired greater
godliness and holiness in life. What we ask from God reveals whether we have
really seen His awesomeness and majesty. Moses found what he asked for as God
was pleased with him and his deep desire for God. Our God is willing to grant
us our most sublime desires for Him today. In the light of His majesty, all
that we see around us will become mere passing shadows. The more we see Him,
the greater will be our appreciation of His glory. The more we serve Him, the
sweeter will He become to our emotions.
As we continue to desire to know Him deeper, He will reveal Himself in
all majesty to us to fill every area of vacuum in our lives.
Dear reader, what is your greatest desire for God today? Are
you merely interested in getting some things from God to meet your daily needs
or some wants? Or do you have a deeper desire to know Him more intimately and
be filled with His glory in every area of your life? Moses and Paul could have
asked for a lot of things in life and in the ministry itself which they did at
the earlier part of their sojourn. But as they grew more in grace, their desire
for even blessings in the ministry took a lower priority as compared to their
desire to get to know God more intimately. Moses wanted more of God’s greatness
in his life. He wanted to know the ways of the Lord more intimately. He wanted
to dwell with the Lord because he found out the greatness of God’s abode while
on Sinai. He spoke so much with God to be able to know what pleased God which
transformed his priorities. From the time of the burning bush, Moses had seen
on innumerable occasions how God worked in his life and that of the Israelites.
But nothing was as great as the glory of God to him which he saw on Sinai. It
changed his priorities, desires, likes and cravings in life. The life and
ministry of Moses is a challenge to us today to give God greatest priority in
our lives and allow Him to fill us with His greatness. Thus we will be able to
live without cares of any kind and trust God to be our greatest priority and
desire. Thus when we get lost in His glory, He minds our business and leads us
victoriously with all our needs met according to His richness in glory.
Matthew 6:33 – But seek first His kingdom and His
righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Thought for Today
Our desires and priorities reveal
the extent to which
we know God and how much He is a reality in our
lives.
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