Moses’ Appointment With God

Many in our world live where appointments fill their calendars up. They have their entire day scheduled because they live in an appointment driven vocation.

A sales appointment is important.

A doctors appointment is important.

But the most important appointment you will have all day is your appointment with God.

I understand that I have an appointment with death (Heb. 9:27) and I understand that that appointment will result with an eternal destination – Heaven or Hell.

So that makes my daily appointment with God all the more important, because I’m preparing for the final appointment.

Moses had a very important appointment with God in Exodus 24:12:

“And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.“

I want us to see what God did in this appointment:

1) God calls us to have a meeting with Him.

Moses is called to Mount Sinai (Ex. 24:16) and there he spends 40 days and 40 nights (Ex. 24:18). The only people there is Him and God.

God desires that everyone who wants to know Him, love Him, serve Him and be saved by Him have a meeting with Him. Christians are told to seek Him with their whole hearts (Jer. 29:14) and non-believers are told to look unto Jesus and be saved (Is. 45:22). So everyone is called to have a meeting with Him.

2) God communicates to us His Word.

Moses will receive the tables of stone, a law and commandments which are written by God’s own finger. (Ex. 31:18)

God wrote down everything He wanted Moses to have and everything he would need to lead, teach and build. The chapters between this verse (Ex. 24:12) and the conclusion of the meeting (Ex. 31:18) are instructions regarding the Tabernacle.

God has communicated His Word to us through the pages of our Bible (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21). I’m not looking for anymore truth or another word, because it’s all been completed. (Rev. 22:18-19)

In the meetings with God we have, He will communicate His Word through the Holy Spirit so you can understand and apply it.

3) God commissions us to teach His Truth.

Moses was to teach this to the Israelites. It was to flow like water to their dry souls.

As we learn and grow, we ought to teach others what we have learned. (2 Tim. 2:2) It’s been said that you remember more of what you learn when you teach it to someone else. Talk about it with your friends, family or whoever will listen.

Deuteronomy 6 instructs parents to teach it to their children – morning, noon and night.

Moses’ appointment did have an end (Ex. 31:18) and when we have our appointments with Him daily, they will end. But make sure you are ready for the final appointment, because when it is done your eternal soul will be required. (Heb. 9:27; Acts 2:38)

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