"look at me..."

• Exodus 6:30 (MSG)

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Love this exchange...and love how the same sentence can be said in such different ways...

Moses said "Look at me." All he could see were his faults and shortcomings. God had asked him to lead the Israelites out of captivity, but that wasn't enough. God promised to give him whatever he needed to do it...but that wasn't enough. Moses thought so little of himself and was so trapped by the guilt and shame of his previous sins that he didn't think God could use him at all. With that one pleading sentence, Moses begged God to take one more look at him and see the mess that he saw in himself.

God said "Look at me." He had forgiven Moses's past sins. He had restored him in those years away from Egypt. He had spent all that time since his trip down the Nile in a reed basket preparing him for this very moment. God saw far more in Moses than he saw in himself...and in that moment He needed Moses to hear just that. When my kids are sad or feeling bad about themselves, I try to reassure them. One of the things I do is force them to make eye contact with me when I tell them how much I love them and how special they are. I feel like God was doing just that to Moses...and telling him "Trust Me. Just follow Me and I'll lead you home."

To Moses, that seemed like an impossible task...but to God, it's just another day. I'm glad Youversion had this in my reading for today...because with all the craziness and uncertainty in my life today, I needed to hear Him say, "Rob, look at me..."

That's pretty cool.

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