Do your remember when the glow worm came out? You could squeeze it's body and the head would light up. It was supposed to comfort your child if they got scared at bed time when the lights were turned out.
Funny the only thing that changes in the bedroom at bedtime is it goes from light to dark and the only scary thing that comes out in the dark is our own scary thoughts.
It got me thinking about glow worm Moses. Moses would go to the top of Mt. Sinai and speak to God DIRECTLY!
Exodus 33:11 So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.
After Moses spoke with God he would come back down the mountain and share with the people what God said; however he would not come back looking the same way he did when he left. Moses' face would be glowing from being in the presence of God.
Exodus 34:29 Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai, that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.
Moses didn't realize that his face was actually glowing but the people did and it freaked them out. To be honest it scared them. They were seeing a physical transformation on Moses after being with God and it scared them.
Exodus 34:30 So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.
Why were they afraid?
The result of this was Moses would wear a veil over his face when he got back from speaking to God so he wouldn't freak the people out .
Let's apply this to today. First off I believe any time you have an encounter with God it changes you. We may not physically glow but people should see a difference in us. The thing is today many people go to church, unveil themselves if you will, and allow themselves to be vulnerable before God. The problem is when we leave we put on a veil so the people around us won't get freaked out. We go back to life as usual, we say what we want, do what we want, act like we want. We are afraid or embarrassed to let our people see our transformation. Maybe it's because we're afraid we won't fit in or we'll be called a Jesus freak or a hypocrite, there are many reasons but none of them good.
Gems spending time with God doesn't have to be scary, it's what you do with it that can scare people. If you come back from your mountain with God condemning people or being self righteous people will be freaked out by you. You will be scary.
A friend told me one time, when you get to the light don't forget what it was like in the darkness. Good advice.
When we are before God we take off our veil and He puts His light into us. We can become like the glow worm. When we are squeezed by life we can let off light and life won't be as scary for us and we can help it be less scary for others.
Did you know there is an actual glow worm? According to my Google search there is a chemical reaction that happens in the worm and it's very efficient; nearly 100% of the energy input is turned into light.
Wouldn't it be great if 100% of our energy would be turned into the light revealed to us by God's word! We can help make a dark world take off it's veil one person at a time. We can learn that we have nothing to fear, that God will take care of all our needs, that Jesus prepared a place for us in Heaven if we put our faith in Him, that the Holy Spirit can give us comfort and wisdom in all situations.
We have to decide what kind of worm we are going to be.
"We are all worms, But I do believe that I am a glow worm." Winston Churchill
My prayer for you today Gems is that you will take off your veil, go before the Lord and let him fill you with His light. I pray you will keep the veil off so others can see that light. I pray you will show them how to change their scary thoughts to thoughts of hope and peace.
I pray you too will choose to be a glow worm.
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