The Daniel Fast: Face to Face with God. Some of you may be about to finish your first fast of the year. I pray it has been a blessing to you and you have drawn closer to the Lord. If you have missed any of our daily posts you can catch up here!
“And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.” Exodus 33:11 KJV.
“And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin…” Exodus 34:5-7 KJV.
Poor Moses. He couldn’t leave his congregation for any matter of time before they were breaking all the rules.
As soon as they would get themselves in trouble, the Lord would want to punish them, or even wipe them off the planet, and Moses would “stand in the gap”, intercede and literally beg for God to give them another chance.
So, there he was on the Mount a second time, he had already broken the Tablets containing the Ten Commandments the first time God had handwritten them. He was back up there alone. Joshua is waiting a few hundred feet down the mountain and Aaron is in charge back at home.
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.” Exodus 34:28 KJV.
Forty days and forty nights!
The results of the fast showed the effects it was having on Moses. “And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.” Exodus 34:29 KJV.
What do I look like after I have been with God?
What do people see after I have spent time with the Savior?
Is there a difference in me; is there a light on my face from the glory of God?
Should there be?
And if it isn’t the fact that we have been in HIS PRESENCE, then what is it?
Fasting, praying and spending time in His Word is what will continually build a relationship with the Savior and will radiate His glory.
They will also notice it if we DON’T do it.
We might not actually see God face to face, but we can spend time with Him every day, in His glory, in His presence. We can have the spirit of God dwelling with us, IN US, ALIVE!
Let us be like Moses. Fasting and praying on a regular basis is definitely good Christian character-building.
We can give back by giving our lives as a sacrifice, wholly consecrated and fully devoted, reaching for the lost and living full of joy and hope; watching for His return.
