Oftentimes, we look at Old Testament stories of man's encounters with God and grow jealous.

We question why God doesn't show up in the way he did with Moses for us now.

There is a portion of relationship, encounter, and intimacy available to us with God today

that men of the Old Testament could have never dreamed of. It is my hope and prayer that you leave

today having experienced the richness, unity, and oneness with the spirit of God you were made for.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Exodus 33 verse 11.

Scripture says.

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face as a man speaks to his friend.

The story of Moses is one marked by powerful encounters with the presence of God.

Moses was a man anointed by God to fulfill God's heart for his children to be free from captivity and safe under his Lordship.

From birth, Moses was divinely set apart to lead God's people back

into right relationship with God. And this calling was fulfilled because of God's desire to

consistently meet with Moses and show up through his life in miraculous ways.

In looking at the life of Moses, two types of encounters with God

stand out as especially transformative and illustrative of God's heart to meet with his people.

As we look at these two examples of God meeting with Moses, may scripture fill your

heart with the desire to meet with your heavenly father as Moses did. First, Exodus chapter 3,

verses 1 through 6 gives us insight into the first real encounter Moses had with the great

I am.

Scripture says, Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian.

And he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horib,

the mountain of God. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst

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