Scripture

The glory of the Lord fell on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the Lord called Moses from inside the cloud.

Observation

The Lord instructs Moses to come up to the mountain with Aaron and the seventy elders.

Moses goes to the people with all of the instructions the Lord had given him. He builds an altar and makes a sacrifice on behalf of the people.

Moses then goes up to the mountain with the elders. There they see the glory of God. They eat a covenant meal in the presence of the Lord.

The cloud of God’s presence covers the top of the mountain. After six days, the Lord calls for Moses to come up into His presence.

Application

Mount Sinai was a holy place because the Lord chose to reveal His glory there. The elders saw the Lord, and they were not killed by the experience.

Moses was called to go up and spend forty days in the glory cloud of the Lord. This is not something done lightly.

It is worship and holiness that allow us to enter into the hidden places of the glory of God.

Worship allows us to enter into God’s presence. In fact real worship- not just singing worship songs- attracts the presence of God. When we set our hearts in proclaiming the awesome nature of God, then it is like heaven inhabiting the earth.

Holiness is a heart totally sold out to living according to God’s plans for us. It is not about rules and lists of do’s and don’ts, but about so wanting more of God that He becomes the focus of our thinking and our desires.

Prayer

Father, help me to devote my whole life to you- my thinking and my doing. May I walk in the glory of our presence. Amen.