His Grace Blog

He revealed His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.—Psalm 103:7 Are you satisfied with merely knowing the acts of God, or do you also want to know His ways ? There is a difference. This difference is illustrated in the lives of the children of Israel as compared to Moses. The Israelites witnessed the miracles God performed; they walked across the dry Red Sea just as Moses did. They ate the manna and quail from heaven even as Moses did. They were content to receive God's provision without ever knowing God Himself. Yet Moses saw beyond the provision of God to the person of God. Others, such as the Egyptian magicians, might perform miraculous acts, but no one else did things the way God did.  But Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers; so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.  For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents. But Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. Exodus 7:11-12 (NKJV).  ...