Slap Forehead

This is one of those things that is probably obvious to everyone else, but in light of all that is going on politically at the present time, I had one of those "slap the forehead and say 'doh'" moments. Here's the thing:

They always say "we are a nation of laws" and that is true. What occurred to me when reading an article about the power of the Tenth Amendment is -- we are ruled by a Constitution, not by people. The people, the public servants, are servants and stewards of the Constitution. It defines what the can and cannot do. The Founders had the foresight to structure our system this way to protect us from the excesses of "rulers". This is why the Constitution is under such attack by those who want to rule rather than serve.

Remembering A Birthday

Today would be Cindy's 57th birthday. I have had many, many people remember her and appreciate their respect of her memory. I posted on Facebook a statement that Jesus made regarding God and his relationship with Abraham, "He is not the God of the dead, but of the living." Cindy is alive. In the months before she passed, she often commented about 2 Corinthians 4:16 - 5:8 and the hopeful reality that she would be passing from life to LIFE. I have no doubt she has done that.

What is Discipleship? Focusing on Moses as a Model

We are exploring what "discipleship" means and how it relates to a 21st century person. I have asserted that discipleship is a mentoring relationship between God and man (and person-to-person) and that this relationship is the warp and woof of life.

This was evident in God's walk with Adam, and among other, Enoch, Noah, the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob), Joseph -- Jacob's son, Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, Daniel, Nehemiah and Jesus. These are all "high spots" on the landscape. Of course, between each raised point there were countless others in the scriptures or not who had the same sort of thing going on in their experience of life.

Psalm 103:7 states that God "made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the sons of Israel." Exodus 33:7-11 talks about the tent of meeting outside the camp. This is where Moses went to have his "sit-down" face-to-face meetings with God, his friend. When Psalm 103:7 talks about God's "ways" it is talking about the "why's" of life. "How come" this and "how come" that. It is also talking about 'what makes things tick". God was letting his friend Moses in on the "behind the scenes" reasons for what was happening and giving Moses the rational for proper decision-making. The sons of Israel only saw what God did. Moses got to know why he did it.

Packed into this narrative is mention of Moses' future replacement, Joshua. Joshua was Moses' aide. After Moses had his sit-down with God, Joshua would hang around so he could get some of the same. No mystery why he became Moses replacement in the future. Joshua was a disciple, too.