Be Still And Know

Exodus 34:9 Moses said, “O Lord, if it is true that I have found favour with you, then please travel with us. Yes, this is a stubborn and rebellious people, but please forgive our iniquity and our sins. Claim us as your own special possession.” What an incredible job Moses had! The people had rebelled against God in the most dramatic way. They knew that Moses had gone up Mount Sinai to meet with God, but they were fed up with waiting and so they constructed a new god of their own, who they then worshipped with huge enthusiasm. To describe Moses as disappointed would be a huge understatement. He must have been gutted. Who would have blamed him if he had decided to throw in the towel? Who would want to be the leader of such a rude and rebellious people? But the fact is that Moses hung in there, and he did so because he knew the nature of his God. In the previous verses the Lord revealed himself as a God of compassion and mercy, slow to anger and filled with faithfulness, lavishing unfailing love to a thousa