By Jill Krueger Wagner
God is my best friend. He loves me unconditionally. He shows
me how to live a good life. He comforts me when life gets hard. He disciplines
me when I need it. He shows me truth. He warns me when things aren’t as they
seem. He’s my best friend but He is not my buddy. He is the God of the
universe, the Holy One of Israel. He is the Creator, Redeemer, and the judge of
all the earth. I am just a human being, as was Moses.
The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to
a friend. Exodus 33:11. But the Lord wasn’t a man like Moses. God is holy. God
expects us to do as His says. Moses learned that the hard way. Moses was God’s
friend and God used him in mighty ways but Moses overstepped his bounds. He
didn’t follow God’s instructions then he claimed that he and Aaron would bring
water out of a rock – but it was God who did that. Furthermore God had told him to speak
to the rock to get the water but instead he struck it with his rod. God still
graciously gave the Israeli’s the water they needed but as a result of not
following God’s directions, both Moses and Aaron were not permitted to go into
the Promise Land. What a hard lesson.
I have overstepped my bounds in ignorance and God has
graciously forgiven me. Even the Apostle Paul was shown mercy for persecuting
the church before his Damascus Road conversion. He explained in 1 Timothy 1:13
that he, too, did it in ignorance. But we must not presume on God’s
forgiveness. We need to check our attitudes toward God.
A perusal of His qualities can help remind us who we serve.
He is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, sovereign, and majestic. He is
immortal, invisible, truth, light, and exalted. He is glorious, mighty,
powerful, and worthy of reverential fear. And we are just dust.
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