Exodus 24:15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
What must this scene have been like to live through? Thick cloud cover, fog, can be eerie, depressing. You can’t see the sun, you can’t see far in front of yourself, landmarks are obscured. Fog is typically not welcoming nor inviting.
Exodus 24:16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.
Yet out of this cloud cover, this fog, God calls to Moses. Was it a loud, booming call? A call Moses only felt in his bones? A gentle, welcoming whisper? The surroundings warn–Do not tarry here, but God says, “Come closer. I am with you.”
Exodus 24:17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
Precious Savior, Thank You for inviting us closer, for being with us, even when our surroundings, our situation, feels unwelcoming and inhospitable. Help us to feel Your presence always, even when we are afraid. Amen.
Exodus 24:18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Have a blessed day.