Draw Close to Jehovah - Chapter 1/" Look! This Is Our God"

Note: I am so sorry that I am late with a blog, but when I got on earlier, the Internet was off, so I had to wait until 8:00 to call them. You don't want to know the whole story, believe me, but it is on now and I can calm down now.  Thank you  for being patient.  This is not the greatest of places for cell phones, base phones, or much of any other device. 




CAN you imagine having a conversation with God?  The very thought inspires -the Sovereign of the universe speaking to you!  You hesitate at first, but then you manage to reply. He listens, he responds, and he even makes you feel free  to ask any question you want. Now what question would you like to ask? 

Long ago, there was a man who was in just such a position.  His name was Moses. The question he chose to ask God, though, might surprise you. He did not ask about himself, or his future, or even the plight of mankind. Rather, he asked God's name. You might find that odd, for Moses already knew God's personal name. His question, then, must have had deeper meaning. In fact, it was the most significant question Moses could have asked. The answer touches us all.  It can help you to take a vital step in drawing close to God. How so? Let us take a look at that remarkable conversation. 

Moses was 80 years old. He had spent four decades exiled from his people, the Israelites, who were slaves in Egypt. One day, while tending to his father-in-law's flocks, he saw a strange phenomenon.  A thornbush was on fire, but it was not being consumed. It just kept burning, shinning like beacon on the mountainside.  Moses approached to inspect. How startled he must have been when a voice spoke to him from the midst of the fire!  By means of an angelic spokesman, God and Moses then conversed at length. And, as you may know, God there commissioned a hesitant Moses to leave his peaceful life and return  to Egypt to deliver the Israelites from slavery. -Exodus 3:1-12.  

Next time: Chapter 1/ "Look! This Is Our God"

From the book: Draw Close to Jehovah