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Covering your face? Or Radiate?, 17Aug

Moses saw God.
Moses’ face shined, his face was radiant when he brought down the Ten Commandments… His face scared people… He covered it so the people would not be afraid…

So what do I do with my face?  People tell me I radiate, kinda like the glow when you are pregnant… physically I am not pregnant but spiritually I certainly feel that way… That plus my words have certainly scared some people… Imagine how I feel!!! God will continue to shine on your face everything that is in your heart… How you feel will show on your face… Trust me…

But do I cover my face? Or let it shine? I am pretty sure God wants me to show HIS peaceful blessings and joy. Maybe God does want me to scare the devil out of some people? If God’s will is to use me for HIS purposes then how can I not show my face? How can I not use my whole self to proclaim HIM and HIS works? I scratch my head sometimes and pray for discernment. Lord how do I use myself for Thy will?

I doubt I am supposed to hide my face… I think people like to see resilience and radiance and reaffirmation… I caught my own face in a mirror yesterday, scared myself with the glow then smiled…. Yeah don’t put your light under a basket (Matthew 5:15). Yeah this God is a powerful God!

BUT tell the people why you radiate! Don’t let them think it is from anything else but God Himself! (because they will, trust me) When praised remind them you are just using your God-given skills.

Simple truth shouldn’t scare the people, today’s people have likely heard about God… “In God we trust” is on our money and surely they have heard about money…  so tell them the truth, the truth is that you are nothing without God! The truth is God and God is truth.

So one should hide scriptures in one’s heart (Psalm 119) but I think it’s ok to show God on your face… Shine on!

Scriptures:
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11 ESV)

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Proverbs 11:30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And he who wins souls is wise
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Psalm 119: 11
I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
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Exodus
The Radiant Face of Moses
29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

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PS… Yes, googling to find the scripture about hiding scriptures I came across my favorite poet : “A woman’s heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her.”-Maya Angelou  And Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.