So deep, so extreme must be this respect for God’s holy presence that nobody was even to touch the mountain. The people were to attend on God to chat to Moses and hear the Lord’s words thru the Lord’s servant.

This story makes it clear that we reside in a day of pitifully shallow concepts of the Lord God. Some of today’s recent Christian music leaves the idea that God is our buddy—a great pal to have in a pinch. A movie star once announced of the Lord God, “He’s my enormous Father upstairs.” One pop song asks, “What if God were simply a slob like us?” That isn’t the biblical view of the Lord God. The Puritans, that thorough folk of old, possessed a solidly biblical idea of God.

Did you know why it’s so critical for us to recover such a deferential understanding? Because a shallow view of God leads to a shallow life. But hold God in profoundest respect, and it is remarkable how deep the roots of your non secular life grow. He’s the sole smart God, the Creator, the Maker, the sovereign Lord. He informs me what to do, and I haven’t any safe option but to do it.

We have but one directive, and that’s to do His will. We confirm that truth in our times with Him. He doesn’t bow to our hurried pace, but silently He waits for us to meet His demands. And after we slow down enough to meet Him, He is happy to add amazing non secular depth to our otherwise shallow lives. What’s been your idea of the Lord? Who is your God? Be truthful, now. Does He look anything like the God of Mount Sinai?