Exodus 32:13 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Israel, to whom you swore by your own self: ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and I will give your descendants all this land I promised them, and it will be their inheritance forever.’ ”
What I find interesting here is that in exactly three verses, Moses is the one who will be vibrating with rage. This after he just spent two verses convincing God to not destroy the Israelites for their disobedience.
Exodus 32:14 Then the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he had threatened.
My question is: Why does Moses react as he does? Does he not believe God that the Israelites are rebelling? Does he not fully grasp the depth of their rebellion? Is he so caught up in what he needs to do–get these tablets to the Israelites for guidance–that he doesn’t fully understand what he’s about to step into?
Exodus 32:15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back.
Precious Savior, I am guilty of getting caught up in what I need to do, of being focused on my goals, my objectives, my needs to the point that I lose sight of the bigger picture, Your picture. Forgive me. Help me use my enthusiasm for You glory alone. Amen.
Exodus 32:16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
Have a blessed day.