Make Haste

by Missy Grant

“Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship.”

Exodus 34:8

When was the last time you made haste and bowed low to worship? The above scripture comes at a critical time in Israel’s history. The people had just made a grievous error and Moses (although quite upset with them) went humbly to the Lord and begged leniency on behalf of those he dearly loved. Moses seemed to gather some internal strength from the Lord’s response and makes an amazing request of the Lord, "I pray You, show me Your glory.” Exodus 33:18. Amazing words….but that is for another post. The Lord showed mercy and in His amazing grace brought Moses back up the mountain with new stone tablets and says lets try this again. “The Lord descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the Lord. Then the Lord passed by in front of him…”. Exodus 34:5.

What was Moses response…he made haste to bow low….I would think so!! When you call upon the name of the Lord, you are entering into His presence. When you make requests of need, of heart change, of attitude adjustment, of hurts that need His soothing, of intercession on another’s behalf, you are entering His presence. Have you ever given thought to how low you are bowing when you go to Him?

Let’s recognize whom we are seeking, whose kingdom it is, and what our posture is BEFORE we start to worship. Did you notice the order in the first scripture?

• He made haste.
• He bowed low.
• THEN he worshipped.

Have you given thought to maybe Moses was able to worship so completely because he was quick to acknowledge the Lord, his response was a bowed heart (and body), and the outpouring of those two actions was worship?

May it be so in our lives!

O Mighty God, let us make haste to bow low in your presence. May you see it as an act of worship to your Lordship in our lives. ‘Now to Him who is able to keep [us] from stumbling, and to make [us] stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.’