Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Moses' Face Shone

Exodus 34: 29, 33, 35

...Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. 

When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.

The sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him.

Being in the presence of our Lord God as He proclaimed His Name and all that He revealed about Himself, infused into Moses' face an impression of His Glory, that made his face shine, glow! So Moses had to cover his face with a veil. (See also II Corinthians 3:13-16.)

Has your face ever glowed after worshipping in the presence of the Lord? You probably wouldn't know, unless someone else saw and told you. Moses didn't know until they told him. So he probably didn't feel any different physically.

Actually, you might say that our bodies glow now, with our body heat. Those heat-seeking cameras show living bodies as sources of light. 

But I think that when we worship in the presence and close intimacy with the Lord even today, our faces can glow, too.

May we all who know Him seek His face so deeply that we will glow with His Spirit shining out of our "clay pots" (II Corinthians 4:6-7).

Even so, come, Lord Jesus!