Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside, of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush" (Exod. 3:1,2).
The vision came in the midst of common toil, and that is where the Lord delights to give His revelations. He seeks a man who is on the ordinary road, and the Divine fire leaps out at his feet. The mystic ladder can rise from the market place to Heaven. It can connect the realm of drudgery with the realms of grace.
My Father God, help me to expect Thee on the ordinary road. I do not ask for sensational happenings. Commune with me through ordinary work and duty. Be my Companion when I take the common journey. Let the humble life be transfigured by Thy presence.
Hebrews 8:6
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs [Those who served as priests in Old Testament times.] as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.
The Old Testament is a beautiful covenant of love, as God redeems fallen mankind and sets in motion his plan of grace to bring us to Jesus. But as powerful as that old covenant was, we have come to a superior covenant because the mediator of this new covenant is Jesus, who is the perfect sacrifice and guarantor of God's great promises.
Pleading to Praise
Mrs. Charles Cowman, author of Streams in the Desert and co-founder with her husband of OMS International, pointed out that Christians often repeat the familiar statement, "Prayer changes things ". God taught her the deep spiritual truth that after you have prayed and believed, it is often praise that changes things.
Prayers that have been repeated for a long time with no seeming response from God are rapidly answered when the intercessor turns from pleading to praise.
Mrs. Colman emphasized that two wings are necessary for the soul to reach God's throne - prayer and praise. Why is that we put more emphasis on prayer than on praise when the Scripture gives far more exhortation to praise than to pray?
The vision came in the midst of common toil, and that is where the Lord delights to give His revelations. He seeks a man who is on the ordinary road, and the Divine fire leaps out at his feet. The mystic ladder can rise from the market place to Heaven. It can connect the realm of drudgery with the realms of grace.
My Father God, help me to expect Thee on the ordinary road. I do not ask for sensational happenings. Commune with me through ordinary work and duty. Be my Companion when I take the common journey. Let the humble life be transfigured by Thy presence.
Hebrews 8:6
But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs [Those who served as priests in Old Testament times.] as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, and it is founded on better promises.
The Old Testament is a beautiful covenant of love, as God redeems fallen mankind and sets in motion his plan of grace to bring us to Jesus. But as powerful as that old covenant was, we have come to a superior covenant because the mediator of this new covenant is Jesus, who is the perfect sacrifice and guarantor of God's great promises.
Pleading to Praise
Mrs. Charles Cowman, author of Streams in the Desert and co-founder with her husband of OMS International, pointed out that Christians often repeat the familiar statement, "Prayer changes things ". God taught her the deep spiritual truth that after you have prayed and believed, it is often praise that changes things.
Prayers that have been repeated for a long time with no seeming response from God are rapidly answered when the intercessor turns from pleading to praise.
Mrs. Colman emphasized that two wings are necessary for the soul to reach God's throne - prayer and praise. Why is that we put more emphasis on prayer than on praise when the Scripture gives far more exhortation to praise than to pray?
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