February Fast - 21 Days Of Seeking HimSample

A Face to Face Meeting.

When my husband and I first started dating, we lived on opposite sides of the planet; he lived in Greece and I lived in Australia. For nine months, we got up at the crack of dawn or stayed up extra late just to be able to talk to one another over Skype. While we did our best to make the long-distance season fun, we most certainly counted down the days, the hours and the minutes until we could see each other face to face and not have to worry about the inconvenient time difference or poor Wifi connection in order to talk and spend time together.

In Exodus 33, we read about how Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting, and this is where the Israelites came to inquire of the Lord. It says that “the Lord would speak to Moses' face to face, as one speaks to a friend.”

This passage gives me chills. While there is something so exciting and supernatural at play here, there is also a sense of normalcy; two friends meeting and speaking together face to face in a tent. There is no doubt that God’s presence was in that place. Even after Moses returned to the camp, it says that his young intern, Joshua, would not leave the tent.  

Isn’t it wonderful to think that God, the creator of the heavens and the earth, wants to interact with you and me in such a normal, yet supernatural way? Let’s seek His face today and expect that He will show up and speak to us as he spoke to Moses – face to face.

Heavenly Father, I am so expectant to meet with you today. As I seek you, speak to me and reveal to me more of who you are. May your presence be so tangible that I don’t want to leave our meeting place and return to my daily activities. I long for more of you. In Jesus’ name, amen.