Welcome to this Daily PBJ devotional. Read Exodus 24, Job 42, and Luke 6 today. This devotional is about Exodus 24. Then the Lord said to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and you are to worship at a distance. Moses alone shall approach the Lord, but the others must not come near, and the people may not go up with him. When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the Lord, they all responded with one voice, All the words that the Lord has spoken we will do. and Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Early the next morning, he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the Lord. Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar. Then he took the book of the covenant and read it to the people, who replied, All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient. So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words. Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. But God did not lay his hand on the nobles of Israel. They saw him, and they ate and drank. Then the Lord said to Moses, Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction. So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and went up on the mountain of God. And he said to the elders, Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them." When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud. And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. This is God's word. God commanded Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy elders, to come up to worship him, according to verse 1. They were to come nearer than the rest of Israel, but to worship at a distance, as verse 1b put it. According to verse 2, only Moses was chosen from among them to approach the Lord. After Moses instructed the Israelites and made preparations in verses 3-8, the 74 men God had chosen did approach the Lord's presence according to verse 9. In verse 10, what they saw was the God of Israel. But there was almost no description of what God looked like in this manifestation. Rather, the only description we are given is merely what he was standing on. Verse 10 in the NIV says, Under his feet was something like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, as bright blue as the sky. And that's it. God is pure spirit and does not have a body like men do. However, for this revelation, he made himself visible in some way. Whatever they saw had feet, according to verse 10. That's all we know. Based on other appearances of God in the Bible, and the fact that they saw feet, whatever they saw probably resembled a man in some form. However, what they saw was so wonderful, so terrifying, that Moses did not even attempt to describe him, only what he was standing on. This is our God. His nature is beyond what words can describe, or that even the human brain can even comprehend. Although we do not deserve to stand in His presence, His grace compelled Him to reveal Himself to us. More than that, He did everything in Christ that we could not do for ourselves in order to reconcile us to Himself. and even adopt us into his family. Someday we'll know God face to face. We will fall before him in worship and awe, but also in perfect love and acceptance in Jesus Christ. Part of living a godly life is to recognize this holy God, who was too incredible for Moses to describe, and to recognize that he is watching us day and night. Everything we do, and even our thoughts, and our motives, our reasons for doing what we are doing, are completely seen and known by God. As Christians, we do not fear God's wrath any longer. But the knowledge that he is watching us should change how we live. We are accepted in Christ, in God's sight. And because of that, we should live holy lives in his sight as well. Are you trying to hide something in your life? You may be successful at concealing it from other people. But our perfect and holy God sees all. and he is terrifyingly powerful and perfect in holiness. Since we have perfect standing with him by grace in Christ, let's confess our sins and strive to live holy lives in his sight every day. If you found this devotional helpful, go to my website, dailypbj.com slash subscribe, and enter your email address there. This is completely free, and every day you'll receive an email from me containing a link to the audio and video of these devotionals, as well as a transcript of them, but also a link to each day's readings, which I announce at the beginning of the devotional, and this could cue you to be in God's word every single day. I'm looking for financial support help to defray the expenses involved in this and to compensate me for the time I put into it. 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