Exodus 33:11-23
11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
12 Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.'
13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people."
14 The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
15 Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.
16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?"
17 And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
18 Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory."
19 And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
20 But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."
21 Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.
22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen."

REFLECT

Prayer is a conversation with God.Conversation is an informal exchange of ideas by spoken words. If prayer is a conversation then it involves both talking and listening.Our progress in prayer can be marked by increasing our desire to hear God than speak ourselves.

The scripture is such a beautiful picture of a divine-human conversation where we are told that God spoke to Moses 'as a man speaks to his friend'. When we talk to God we need to express ourselves in the same language we use when we are talking to our closest friends. Be bold, be honest and be real. Lets also remember to revere him.And God, like all good fathers ,delights in the natural and uninhibited approach of His children.

ACT

Enjoy a conversation with God today!