Before the altar,,,,where do we worship, part 1

Where was Moses when he truly worshipped God? God brought him to a place in Exodus 3:56 in which Moses couldn’t look at God for the purity, strength, and love of God in all His divinity. In Exodus 5:1 again seeing Moses worshipping God, but this time his worship is in the presence of Pharaoh by acknowledging that God is Who He says He is. And that it is time for Pharaoh to let His people go….so that they can witness the kindness and mercy of God. And in Exodus 15:2ff, Moses and the people sing the praises of God because of what He brought them through and where He was going to take them based on the past promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob that were fulfilled. True worship of God is the acknowledgement of God in all of His holiness and praising Him for what He does in our lives. But more than that, when we acknowledge God in our lives especially to those who may not know Him we are indeed worshipping and actually acknowledging His mercy and kindness as well as the divinity in which He reigns. While Moses still revered God in Exodus 15, he is nonetheless joyous rather than afraid. He has seen the burning bush, he has seen his hand turn from leprous to normal, he has seen a staff turn to a snake and back and he knows God can take him anywhere. Where am I in this milieu? Am I happy to be God’s child? Am I grateful for where He has brought me, through surgeries, a controlling mother, broken hearts through loss, and job changes, am I able to go to Him and say “Praise You”? Do I go before Him, purified and strengthened in worship, no matter in the collective worship (Exodus 19:10-13)or personal worship. God is merciful (Exodus 19:20-24). He knows that in my humanness I will delight in Him even if I am in sin. I love God and that is all He wants from me is my heat.