Love of My Fathers
How Great Is Our God
I’m in a class this year that requires me to read 7 chapters of the Bible a night (requires in a good way).
Earlier tonight I was reading from Exodus 19. This is the passage that really hit me.
16On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. 20The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a thick cloud on a mountain, but I have. I went to Colorado late this summer and clouds on the mountains were one of the most spectacular things I’ve ever seen. As clouds move in they are broken up by the jagged rocks of the mountains so a sort of skirt of haze is formed around it. Here’s a picture from the trip. I’m really sorry I could only get a thumbnail in. If you click on the thumbnail you can see the picture full size.
Now imagine that (only much more so) compounded by thunder and deafeningly loud trumpet blasts that shake the mountain. Throw in some lightening and set the top of the mountain on fire. Let no one say that our God is weak or a crutch for those with cowardly and unstable souls.
Now imagine being told to enter deeper to the center of that.
Can you think what was going through Moses’ mind right then? I can’t, I can start, but I quickly get overwhelmed.
It shows incredible courage and faith on Moses’ part to obey God’s call into the midst of the danger. I can only pray that I’ll show the same courage.
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
I can’t think of any song that better describes Christ and how I’ve related to Him.
I’m not sure why the video is a bunch of animals but the song is really what I’m on about and the images are there as a bonus.
Here are the lyrics:
Come thou fount of every blessing Tune my heart to sing Thy grace Streams of mercy never ceasing Call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet Sung by flaming tongues above Praise the mount, I’m fixed upon it Mount of Thy unchanging love Here I raise my Ebenezer Hither by Thy help I come And I hope, by Thy good pleasure Safely to arrive at home Jesus sought me when a stranger Wandering from the fold of God He, to rescue me from danger Interposed His precious blood Oh, to grace, how great a debtor Daily I’m constrained to be May Thy goodness, like a fetter Bind my wandering heart to Thee Prone to wander, Lord I feel it Prone to leave the God I love Here’s my heart, Lord, take and seal it Seal it for Thy courts above