Moses - An Unlikely Choice: Important Reminders for Meeting with God (Exodus 19:16-17)

Series: Moses - An Unlikely Choice

Sermon: Important Reminders for Meeting with God

Scripture: Exodus 19:16-17

Date: September 8, 2019

 

On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast.  Everyone in the camp trembled.  Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.  (Exodus 19:16-17)

If you are too busy to meet with the Lord, then you are too busy.

This is what the Lord says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord.  (Jeremiah 9:23-24, NIV)

Here are 4 ways to help us prepare to meet God and know Him better:

1. Willing to obey
   • Exodus 19:3-6, 7-8
   • I commit to obey before I know what You are going to say.
   • "He tells me what to do, and I have no safe option but to do it."  -Charles Swindoll
   • Luke 17:10
2. Be alert to listen
   • Exodus 19:9
   • We need to be alert to hear.
3. Spiritual cleansing
   • Exodus 19:10
   • We all need to take a few minutes and see if there is something blocking us from hearing and experiencing God.
   • "While passing through this world of sin/And others your life shall view/Be clean and pure without within/Let others see Jesus in you."  -"Let Others See Jesus in You"
4. Deep reverence for God
   • Exodus 19:16
   • "If we are lost and living in sin, we have a good reason to be afraid of God because we are not right with Him and are destined for judgment and condemnation.  But if we are His redeemed people, there is no reason to be terrified of Him.  However, we have every reason to show Him reverence and honor Him."  -Charles Stanley
   • Hebrews 12:28
   • Revelation 1:17

 

It's so unusual it's frightening
You see right through the mess inside me
 And you call me out to pull me in
You tell me I can start again
And I don't need to keep on hiding
I'm fully known and loved by You

You won't let go no matter what I do
And it's not one or the other
It's hard truth and ridiculous grace
To be known, fully known and loved by You
I'm fully known and loved by You

-Fully Known and Loved by You