Exodus 20:20-21–Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” 21 The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
If you had time while your parents were alive, or still have the opportunity to do so, developing a good relationship beyond the “parent and child” dynamic is a wonderful thing to experience. Having the opportunity to get “behind the veil”, beyond the role you always saw them as, can help develop an understanding that can still make for a deeper relationship now…
As a parent now, I understand (especially these days), the need to establish firm boundaries between parent and child, that no one is confused with their roles. That there is a need to have authority firmly in place, not for ego sake, but for their own security and peace, whether they know it or not!
We see God establishing this relationship with the children of Israel through Moses. Moses served as God to the people, in that they lived in such terror of God, that they needed someone who could relate to their weaknesses and humanity, yet lead them. So God called Moses, and he served as that “parent”, establishing firm boundaries between God and His children…(Exodus 4:16)
In the passage, God wanted them to understand His majesty and revere Him as God, the ultimate authority. Yet God reserved Moses to be someone who could go “beyond the veil” and intimately know Him, beyond the terror of His holiness and glory. God shared His heart with Moses about His children, and Moses would always share it with them, but the children of Israel were well known for rejecting it…(Hebrews 3:7-11)
One of the many things that amazes me about the Lord, is how vulnerable He is to share His heart. Jesus body represents the “veil that was torn”, so that we can have access to the heart of God directly. Many of us have longed to know the heart of our parents, because we loved them and wanted to understand them. Jesus has revealed the heart of God the Father, as His professing children do we long to know it, given the access we have?
In His Love, Ld
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