So many Bible stories was I blessed to hear and learn as a child. And in these last few years, the blessing of being able to grow and learn and understand those same stories on a much deeper level.
Studying the Life of Moses through BSF this year had been incredible. I came into it knowing much of the symbolism and knowing the general story, but this year I've come to understand how much the store of the Exodus, Wandering, and Journey into the Promised Land is reflective of the process of our own individual Christian journeys. God had justice, but also grace on the Israelites as they repeatedly and frustratingly (to the human leadership of Moses at least) rejected Him and forgot the many time He had saved and blessed them with miracles. God kept his promises, even as the Israelites did and were unable to do so.
So also does God discipline but also have a Great Grace on us as we accept him and are saved from our own Egypts, and yet even as we journey to the Promised Land of Eternal Life, we repeatedly fall and are pulled back up again. We forget what God has done for us, grumble about our lowly circumstances, and yet God still has the Grace to provide for us and rescue us even as we repeatedly reject Him by fearing our future and not trusting in His control of our lives.
I'm humbled as I think about this Great Grace bestowed upon me, and I'm grateful also for God working in my life through this study and perfecting me as a Child of God. The Israelites were given His presence in a cloud and we have His presence through the Holy Spirit in us.
How Great is our God! How Great is His Grace! that He who began this good work in us WILL be Faithful to complete it even as we stumble in our faith in Him.
Posted by Anna at March 25, 2009 11:27 PM | TrackBack