Daily Worship

In the Lord’s Shadow

Albert Bogle July 19, 2015 0 0

Exodus 33: 12-23

Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

Lord

Do not forget me

I have nothing left

Breathe your breath of life 

into our weary soul

It would be enough to cast your shadow upon me

I need to know that I can feel your presence

Your shadow will bring me to life

Lord, 

I do not know how to turn to you

I am spiritually paralysed

I have nothing to say

I come with empty hands

With broken promises

Not knowing how to reach out

I am stretching my faith while still doubting

Lord 

I’m reaching out to you 

Do not pass me by 

Do not forget me

I have nothing left

Breathe your breath of life 

into my weary soul