Daily Dose of the Word of God - Exodus 19: 16-20

Kyle Olson, Technical Director

Transcript

Kyle Olson  0:11 

Welcome to Elmhurst CRC's Daily Dose of the Word of God. It's Wednesday, October 23 and it's the season of green and growing things because God is on a mission to keep us growing up, in and out. Today's reading is from The Voice translation of Exodus 19, verses 16 through 20. My name is Kyle Olson, and I serve here as the Technical Director at Elmhurst CRC.

Kyle Olson  0:41 

When the morning of the third day arrived, thunder cracked and lightning lit up the sky. A thick cloud veiled the mountain, and there was a long, loud blast of a ram’s horn. Every person in the camp trembled. Moses led the anxious people away from camp to encounter God. Everyone waited at the base of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was covered in thick smoke because the Eternal descended on the mountain in fire; and the smoke of that fire rose up to the sky as if it were billowing out of a furnace, and the entire mountain shuddered and quaked intensely. The blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder. Moses spoke, and God answered with a voice that rumbled like thunder. The Eternal descended to the summit of Mount Sinai. He called for Moses to come and meet Him, so Moses began the long, hard climb up the mountain.

Kyle Olson 1:44  

Let's pray. Lord, thank you for today. Thank you for your word, thank you for the journey that you call us to be on. Sometimes you are so near that is a whisper in our ear, but sometimes it's further away and we just can't quite make outwhat the next step is. But we move along in faith and we make each step as it's lit before us. We move forward in trust, we move forward in fear - but yet with your Holy Spirit, Lord, we can move forward in confidence with grace and mercy. In your name, amen.