Contemplative Bible Reading

Exodus 34:28 (New Living Translation)

28 Moses remained there on the mountain with the Lord forty days and forty nights. In all that time he ate no bread and drank no water. And the Lord wrote the terms of the covenant—the Ten Commandments—on the stone tablets.

Moses is on Mt Sinai with Jehovah God. Jehovah wrote the terms of the agreement, i.e., the Ten Commandments on stone tablets. This is all miraculous. Stop to consider what we just read.

And then consider this: Moses was there forty days and nights. He ate no bread and drank no water. People can survive forty days without food. Extremely uncomfortable, but live through it.

Forty days without water? No. The general limit is three days without water kills a person. Okay, some could stretch that to five or six days without water. Forty? No. Humanly impossible. Still, with God, all things are possible. This is a miracle. Faith is required. The natural sciences cannot explain this.

This is a miracle. God kept Moses alive, well, and strong. After all, Moses carried stone tablets down the side of a mountain when the forty days were over. That is a strenuous task.

Yet, we miss this miracle in the wake of the miracle of God writing a covenant on stone tablets. It is easy for me to miss the miracles everyday right in front of me. Please God, help me in my unbelief.