The moon knows it must reflect the light of the sun. Moses, Exodus 34, verse 29.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two Tablets of the Covenant, the Law
in his hand, he wasn't aware that his face was shining, because he had spoken
to the Lord. Spoken with the Lord. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses
his face was radiant. They were afraid to come near him. Moses called to them.
So Aaron and all the leaders of community came back to him, and spoke to ... them.
Afterwards all the Israelites came near him and ... gave .... all the commands
the Lord had given him on Sinai. When Moses finished speaking he put a veil over his face.
But whenever he entered the Lord's presence to speak with Him, he removed
the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what
had been commanded, they saw his face was glowing. Then Moses put the veil back.
Over his face. Until he went in to speak to the Lord. Can you imagine that?
Moses walking around with a veil. And it says that, he must have had it for some
time because it says he, when he wanted to go in the tent he took it off.
So it means he must have been so glowing people were afraid of him. Why?
Because he was speaking with God. Now listen. ... is like the moon. Listen.
Second Corinthians. Listen to what it says. Therefore, since we have such a hope,
We are very bold. We are not like Moses who would put
a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what
was passing away. But their minds were made dull for this, to this day the same
veil remains when the Old Covenant is read. It hasn't been removed because only
in Messiah is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their heart.
But whenever anyone turns to the Lord the veil is taken away.
Now the Lord is the Spirit. And where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom.
And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord are being transformed
into the same image with ever increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Wow! As Moses saw God and he was transformed
by God he was glowing everywhere he went. And it's amazing because what was
the blessing? What is the ... we'll do it at the end of the service.
What's the blessing that God gave to Moses to give Aaron to give the people?
May the Lord cause his face to shine upon you. And so here ... He lift up
the glory of His presence upon you. And so here Moses glowing. And then Paul
writes, yes but we in the same way, but now even ..., we are beholding the glory
of God in Messiah and as we do that we are being transformed into the same image.
As Moses, as he was lit up by the light of God, we are transformed also to God's
image by being, just beholding him. We become like him. So we must,
it's the glory of the moon. We must, we must learn the joy of reflected light.
The joy of reflecting God, which is to receive from God and to give. The moon as soon as
it receives a light it gives a light and we see it from thousands and thousands
of miles away. It's reflecting. It's not keeping it. If you hold back the blessing,
you seek for yourself, try to keep it for yourself, and you don't give you're not
going to shine. The color black, you know this color black, you know what it does?
The color black, what does it do, to light? It receives all the light.
It takes in all the light and gives out no light. That's why it's black.
Because it gives nothing, but it takes all. The color white, the color white, what does it do?
It doesn't hold on to any light, but it gives all the light back. So what happens?
It shines. The moon is beautiful because it doesn't keep light. It gives light.
And that's why it's bright. So when you try to keep blessing to yourself
you're not going to shine. The glory is in receiving from God and then giving to,
giving back to God. Give to people. Give back. Keep nothing. And then you become light.
From your money, to your joy, to your time, to your love, to your life.
Receive. Your whole life is a gift. But if you live it like it's not a gift,
it's just mine, you're not going to shine. Your life is a gift. Receive every moment
and give it back to God. Continually giving. Continually letting go.
Not holding on. You won't shine. When you stop, when you start holding on, you don't
shine anymore. There's a joy that comes in reflecting God. We are supposed to
reflect God. You know, when you look in the mirror what do you see? You see your image.
What did God say? What does it say? You are created in what? In the image of God.
So God is to look at you and see his image reflecting back. You are,
your whole life is to reflect God. In everything. Not just physically but your
emotions, your mind, your heart is to reflect the glory of God. How do you do that?
By not bearing witness of yourself, but bearing witness of Him. When you lift
yourself up you're like a mirror that's focused on itself.
You're like the moon focused on itself. There's no light. When you try to shine
with your own light, when you try to, you try to glorify yourself, there's nothing there.
It's like the moon trying to work up some light. But the moon bears witness
of the sun. The moon is living witness or a real witness of the fact that the Sun exists.
So the same way, when you live your life every moment, instead of
focusing on lifting yourself up, you lift up Him. You care more about
His reputation than your own. You care more about his glory than your own. You care
more about Him being lifted up than you do about you being lifted up. You rejoice
in Him and his reputation not yourself. And you will glow. You will shine.
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