Exodus 24: 9-11: “Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.”
The most important thing for anyone wanting to give their lives in service for the Lord is to understand the size of our God. While it is important for us to have the right gifts to serve the Lord it is far more important for us to have an understanding of the glory and majesty of our Lord. These people were the senior leadership of Israel and they were brought to a place where they could see the majesty and glory of the Lord. At that stage, the had the most important qualification for serving the Lord. If you study all the great heroes of the Bible, for example, those who are listed in Hebrews 11 you will soon see that each one of them had a vision of the greatness of their God. When Gideon set out the deliver Israel from the oppression of the Midianites he had access to a large number of men however, the Lord whittled the group down until there were only 300 men. (Judges 7: 2, “And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.”) It was important for them to understand that the Lord had saved them from this oppression and not their own military prowess. The same thing is true for every Christian today. We don’t succeed because we belong to a great church or have a great minister. We are not better equipped to reach the world today because of the technology we own. We are exactly the same as the people in the early days of the church, weak but empowered by the Holy Ghost. All we need is complete reliance on the Great God.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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