The One Year Bible - Day 35

We read the 10 commandments today but I want to leave that to the many theologians who have probably covered most angles and imagery for these. Instead, I want to pick out something that can easily be missed because it is one of those hiccups in scripture that seem sort of odd and in some ways unnecessary but which have been included and which therefore must have significance. God has already told Moses to tell the people not to approach the mountain and when Moses goes up to see God, God again tells him to warn the people not to approach. Moses protests that he has already warned people and God then tells him to fetch Aaron and remind the people not to approach. Was this God's way of gently saying to Moses, "just go and tell them will you?". We don't really know but it made me think about being reminded of the things that God has says which we so easily forget. In fact, soon we read about the people getting bored that Moses has gone and decide to build a golden calf and many times when we allow our spiritual or church life to wane, we are in danger of creating our own idols to distract us from the pain that is a lack of relationship with God. If we continue to remind ourselves of God's promises and Jesus' instruction, then we might find it easier to live these things out. Jesus said we (corporately) would perform miracles, healings and supernatural signs but because we forget this, we wonder why we don't see the supernatural in our lives.