Moses Persuades God

Num 14:13-24         11/15/2017

Moses persuaded the Lord not to destroy the Israelites, ostensibly so that the Egyptians wouldn’t get the wrong idea about Him.

It’s kind of silly – or so it seems; arguing with God about His reputation. But I suspect there’s more to this. Moses’ concern and his arguments haven’t so much changed the mind of God as they have pointed out the essential issue of love, and trust, and relationship.

The cosmic drama is love. By love, through the Word, everything is made. The cosmos, the galaxies, the solar systems, the planets, our planet, the days, the hours, the present; it’s all made as an outpouring from God into the abyss of nothingness.

And from this outpouring of total, creative, self-giving there is one only question. Will the thing created resemble the Creator? Will love produce beings that love?

You are the cosmic drama. A microcosm of the cosmic drama. It’s playing out in you. You didn’t ask for the part but you also can’t avoid it. So now the question is, will your microcosm, your drama, be a comedy or a tragedy?

“For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God” Rom 8:19