and on and on we could go, but have you ever thought about this question...
Are you simply content with just knowing the ACTS of God, or do you want to KNOW His WAYS?
In Psalm 103:7 it says, "He made His ways known to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel." Today as you go about your day think about this simple question, What do you want, to know the WAYS of God or simply see what He is doing? Today go DEEPER, seek to KNOW the WAYS of God and not simply be a witness to the GREAT and MIGHTY things that He is doing!
It is easy to see why Moses became frustrated with the Hebrew people. They were so hard-hearted and weak in their faith that Moses lost his patience and became angry with them. Yet every time Moses shifted his focus away from God, it cost him. When he sought to help his people by taking matters into his own hands, he spent the next forty years herding sheep in the wilderness (Exod. 2:11–15). This time his impetuous behavior cost him the opportunity to enter the Promised Land (Num. 20:12). In his frustration at the peoples’ irreverence, Moses committed the very same sin, blatantly disobeying God’s instructions. How did this happen? Moses allowed his attention to shift to the behavior of others rather than focusing on the activity of God.Over the past several months as we have been in the midst of a building project, growing a church, and casting vision for the upcoming year, I’ll be the first to admit that I have often allowed my attention to focus on the BEHAVIOR of others and not the ACTIVITY of God. My prayer for myself, my family, my church, and my friends is that we would become SO FOCUSED on the word, the activity, and the voice of God that NOTHING could distract us!
