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Numbers chapter 16, verses 4 and 5.

When Moses heard it, he fell on his face,

and he said to Cora in all his company,

in the morning, the Lord will show who is his and who is holy and will bring him near to him.

The one whom he chooses, he will bring near to him.

So the context here is a rebellion from Cora against Moses.

This man, Cora, basically rose up with others before Moses and

Aaron and made charges against them. So Moses, look at what he does. He falls on his face and he said,

let's go before the Lord. And the Lord will show who is his.

That's quite a picture of leadership. I think in Moses to say, I want to be holy before the Lord

and I trust the Lord in the end to show who is right and who is wrong,

who is seeking him and who is not, who is holy before him and who is not.

And that's exactly what happens afterward as you read through the rest of the story.

It's a good reminder, though, that ultimately the Lord alone sees the heart. He sees the hearts of leaders, and he knows whether or not

their hearts are true to him. He sees the hearts of followers, and he knows whether or not their hearts are true to him. He sees the hearts of followers and he knows whether or not

their hearts are true to him. The key is for all of us as followers of Christ in the church,

whether we're leading or not, that we are before the Lord saying, God, make me holy.

And then praying for one another, God, help them to be holy.

Let's just pray like that right now. God, we want to be holy before you in your sight. Not in our sight. Not an other site. In your

sight. We are so prone to think too highly of ourselves. We're so prone to put on kind of a

religious veneer or an outside picture like everything is fine when it's

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