Sunday, January 7, 2018

Moses 1:7 -- On One Thing

"And now, behold, this one thing I show unto thee, Moses, my son, for thou art in the world, and now I show it unto thee."
Moses 1:7


God tells Moses here that he is going to show him one thing, out of all his (God's) works, because if he would show him more, he couldn't remain in the flesh on the earth (verse 5).  And the one thing that he shows him (at this viewing and later in the chapter as well) is the earth.  But that one thing is vast... he didn't just show him a globe or a picture.  He showed him everything about it.  Every particle of the earth (verse 27) and "the ends thereof" which I am guessing means the whole timespan of the earth as well (verse 8), and every person on the earth (verse 28) during that whole timespan.

To me, I think this shows how clearly and how thoroughly God sees.  We often want to think of God as a being with human frailties, but he has none.  He doesn't forget us, or get confused or overwhelmed or angry without a cause.  He sees and knows everything that is, on our earth and elsewhere.  Let's not forget that and start thinking that we somehow know more than he does, even about ourselves.  He can see us much more clearly than we know ourselves or our loved ones, and he simply has better information and better ability at every single thing.

Today, let's get to know God, and learn to listen to and be guided by him.  He is the fountain of a vast and deep knowledge that isn't available from any other source, and we can become more and better than we are by following him.  A side benefit to all of this is that he also loves us, and so all of this knowledge and improvement isn't stark and purely intellectual, but loving and caring.  He is our father and he wants to comfort and guide and help us through even the smallest challenges in our lives.  We know so much less, but we are not beneath his notice.  He understands and cares, and is willing to listen to every prayer.  Let's be like Moses and work to learn as much of "one thing" from the Lord that we can.

1 comment:

  1. Me thinks"our God is like a director of a Movie; he plans the beginning and the end there of".just play the(Scripture,)sweety.😏

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