day no. 13,286: whom do we perceive is speaking?‏

Exodus 20:19

They said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die." 

I have probs posted this gem from Chambers before, but it bears repeating:

"We show how little love we have for God by preferring to listen to His servants rather than to Him. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we don’t want God Himself to speak to us. Why are we so terrified for God to speak to us? It is because we know that when God speaks we must either do what He asks or tell Him we will not obey. But if it is simply one of God’s servants speaking to us, we feel obedience is optional, not imperative. We respond by saying, “Well, that’s only your own idea, even though I don’t deny that what you said is probably God’s truth.”