“And the Lord continued, ‘See, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock; and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by; then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back; but my face shall not be seen.’” ~Exodus 33: 21-23
As I read this passage in Exodus, I wonder, how big was God’s hand? How big was God? Was Moses overcome with the glory of God even from the “back” view?
I have often looked at June as an “ending” month or a transitional month. The ending of Spring,
the end of the school year, the ending of indoor worship, the end of monthly meetings (the back view
of things) ….
I know you can also view this month as a “beginning” as well. The beginning of Summer, the beginning of vacation or wedding season, hopefully the beginning of sunshine and warmer weather…
It is all about perspective.
Recently, I read this illustration about perspective…
A little boy asked his father: “Daddy, how big is God?” His father looked around and scratched his head and when he spotted an airplane in the sky he said: “son, can you see that airplane?” “yes” the boy replied. “How big is it?” “The boy tried to use his fingers to measure it and said “about this big.” “So, it is quite small would you say?” his dad said. “The airplane is far up in the sky and it appears small. Let’s go see the plane up close.” The father took the son to the airport and asked if he could see the plane up close. When they were almost under the plane the father said: “how big is the plane now?” The little boy spread his arms across as wide as they would go and said “this big.” The father said to the boy, “the closer you are to God the bigger He is.”
It is all about perspective.
I pray, no matter your view of this month or the circumstances it brings in your life, you will grow closer to God and gain a bigger perspective of who God is. May you embrace the glory of God from the front as well as from the back
Blessings,
Pastor Linda
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