Sat.’s Devo - Boldness

Read: Exodus 32:1-33:23; Matthew 26:69-27:14; Psalm 33:1-11; Proverbs 8:33-36
Aaron and Peter both were tested in their faith and both were weak. They were both faced with peer pressure and caved. Aaron was pressured to take charge and do something since Moses didn’t seem to be coming down. Aaron hadn’t learned to ask God first. We have to learn to ask God and if God doesn’t answer then we need to wait till he does. God is never in a hurry or stressed out. He works in the unknown before he brings it into the seen. Patience is a hard lesson to learn.
Aaron moved out in fear of the people instead of fear of God. He collected gold earrings and with his own hands fashioned the calf and told them that this was the god that delivered them. Then he made a feast so they could all celebrate this new god.
Satan will always try to tempt us to make God’s plan happen through our own hands in our timing instead of God’s. It never works for our benefit when we do.
Peter fell under peer pressure and immediately regretted it. He had to learn that he could do nothing in his own strength. Once he was empowered with the Holy Spirit he was bold as a lion.
Three thousand people died because of their unbelief in God’s ways in the Old Testament. The giving of the law was the first Pentecost. The first Pentecost after Jesus died is recorded in Acts 2-3. On that day, Peter preached with boldness and power and three thousand were saved. The law brings death and the spirit brings life.
I want to bring your attention to one more important fact. While Moses’ right-hand man, Aaron, sinned by making the golden calf, Joshua remained faithful. Joshua never left the tent of meeting - he never left the presence of the Lord. He even slept in the tent. That is why Joshua was chosen to lead the people into the promised land. We will never reach our destiny and never live in the promises of God unless we choose to remain in His presence and in fellowship all day long.
God told the children of Israel that he would not go with them because they had rejected Him as their God. All these people died before they got to cross over into the promised land. But God told Moses he would go with him. When Moses asked to see God’s glory God told him that there was a place where he could stand on a rock. God would pass by and allow him to see his back. This rock was Jesus. If we stand on it we will not only see his back but like Jesus told the pure in heart - we will see God.
Thank you that you say that whoever finds you finds life and received favor from the Lord. We receive you and your favor.