Friday, March 2, 2018

day no. 14,375: lest we die

Exodus 20:19
“You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

Oswald Chambers' comments on this verse from his February 12 entry in his classic devotional, My Utmost for His Highest, are astute:

We show how little we love God by preferring to listen to His servants only. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we do not desire that God Himself should speak to us. Why are we so terrified lest God should speak to us? Because we know that if God does speak, either the thing must be done or we must tell God we will not obey Him. If it is only the servant’s voice we hear, we feel it is not imperative, we can say, “Well, that is simply your own idea, though I don’t deny it is probably God’s truth.”

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