Walk and Talk with the Lord #8

16 On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly. 19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder. 20 The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. (Exodus 19)

As we said yesterday, Moses had some pretty intense times of walking and talking with God. The people of Israel had just set up camp at Mt. Sinai when God established this system of calling Moses to come up and talk with Him, then send Moses back down to share with the people the essence of their conversation. Indeed, in the very next chapter we find the communication of the Ten Commandments.  When we walk and talk with God, it isn't long before we find ourselves talking with other people who need to know what God has to say: family members, coworkers and student, neighbors and business relationships. We begin to see that when God walks and talks with us, we have some important information. That should not give us some sort of false self-confidence, like we are God's gift to the world - if the people were taken back by the thunder and lightning, just think what it was like for Moses in the front seat.  No, walking and talking with the Lord should keep us humble, wondering how we ever lived life without it in the first place. 

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