| Job 31:1-33:33; II Corinthians 3:1-18; Psalm 43:1-5; Proverbs 22:8-9
“Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness – not like Moses, who use to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel could not look at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were closed. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ. However, to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts, but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. We all, with unveiled faces, are reflecting the glory of the Lord and are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory; this is from the Lord who is the Spirit.” (II Corinthians 3:12-17)
Moses spent forty days and nights on the mountain with God. In His presence Moses didn’t have to eat or drink. How amazing is that. Makes me hungry just thinking about it. When Moses returned down that mountain with the Ten Commandments carved in stone, the people couldn’t even look at him. The glory of the Lord was so on him that he had to begin wearing a veil and he kept it on to prevent the people from seeing the glory fade.
He presented these rules to the people and it brought about death within them. It revealed their sin and showed them that they were unable to keep them all. The commandments were intended to show us that we cannot fulfill the righteousness of God apart from Him. As though we were children or servants, the law became our tutor until Christ Jesus. When Jesus came He redeemed us, adopted us and has given us His Spirit to reside within our hearts. (Galatians 4:2-7) He moved us from servanthood to sonship.
Paul said, “If you think that glory and those commandments that brought about death was something, just wait till you meet my Jesus. We just gonna let the bright light shine over here because it will never fade away like the old covenant.” Until we are born again and as long as we live under the law of the Ten Commandments we will be blind. We will strive and struggle to keep the law and it will keep us away from the liberty in Jesus. We mean well trying to follow the commandments but Jesus said He had only two commandments: to love your God and your neighbor as yourself. If we would follow these two commandments there would be no need for the rest.
The Word says that even to this day when the law is read it places a veil, or a wall, between us and God. God specifically tore down the veil that kept us from intimate relationship with Him when Jesus died on that cross. So we see the only thing that can remove that veil (wall), is to turn to the Lord with all faith in His work, not ours. Once we receive that redemption, the adoption, and the infilling of His Spirit, our spiritual walk soars and is no longer a duty or burden. We are being transformed from glory to glory with our faces a reflection of His light.
PRAYER:
Lord, I release all of my spiritual inhibitions to You. My heart is open, I want to move beyond the grind of trying to obey Your rules. I want relationship, I want to seriously know You. Lord, I pray that when people look at me they will see Your glory shining through my face. Every day when I get up I want to look and feel like I just spent forty days on a mountain with You. I pray for those who are struggling, trying to find the truth that lies between law and love. Lord, help us all to know and represent You the way You desire to be known. I love You and give You all of the praise. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. |
