Having an Intimate Relationship With God
As close as Moses was to God (God even said “I have known you by name” expressing the intimacy of their relationship in Exodus 33:12), God yet made it clear that He could not fully reveal Himself to Moses because “no man can see Me and live!” (Exodus 33:20). Although he had a uniquely intimate relationship with God Moses could still not get beyond the barrier his sin created between he and the God who loved him.
Another way to describe this relationship is that it is like going over to our best friend’s house but not being allowed to enter the house. We could only speak on the porch. Yet this was pretty good seeing that everyone else had to stay outside the gate and was not even allowed into the yard. But the intimacy that is now the norm for Christians is far greater than any of these interactions in that we are family. We now live in the house. Here are a few incredible passages to show us our present positions since we are in Christ:
“No man has seen God at any time; the only begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him” —John 1:18
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.” Ephesians 1:1-6
Don’t allow the challenges of the past, the day, or tomorrows yet to come steal the greatness of your relationship with the God who loves you.
“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:21