Today, I am reading and commenting on  Exodus 33-35.

After Moses had destroyed the golden calf and restored order in the Israelite camp, God told Moses to lead the Israelites on to the Promised Land, but that He would not go with them, because if He did He might destroy them on the way.  In response Moses said something which tells us a lot about our relationship with God.  As part of requesting God to go with them Moses said, “f you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you…”  God taught Moses His ways because He was pleased with him.  Also, Moses did not please God because he followed His ways.  If that were the case, Moses would not have needed God to teach him His ways.   In the same way, God is not pleased with us because we follow His ways.  Rather, He is pleased with us because we recognize that we need Him, and because of that He teaches us His ways.  It was important that Moses realize that he needed to be taught God’s ways.  It is just as important that we recognize that we need to be taught His ways.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.