A bald eagle soars toward the sun's dazzling light.
I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

The purpose of the wilderness

Wilderness strips life bare. It knocks all the supports out from under us. Circumstances may scream at us - and we may scream at God - that he has brought us there to kill us. And yet, it's in the wilderness that we may hear him say, “I have carried you on eagles’ wings to bring you to myself.”

The peak of Mount Sinai, surrounded by other brown mountain peaks, and seen in a shaft of sunlight that has broken through dark clouds
Sunlight on Mount Sinai

God of the covenant Name

Knowing our Lord by name has nothing to do with calling him by a certain word. It has everything to do with knowing in our inmost being the One to whom that word points.

Stark black-and-white image from below: A slatted walkway spans the gap between two cliffs

One who stands in the gap

It’s a story from the distant past, with profound implications today. A story of glory on the mountain – mutiny in the valley. Reading it, we can see how the Lord responded when a people who had just committed themselves to be his people reveled in breaking their vows. As we open ourselves to the Word and the Spirit, may we see much more.

During a stunning pink and purple sunset, over water, the sun appears to shine from the heart of a single umbrella-shaped acacia tree.

The place his glory dwells

In Moses’ day, the Lord went to great lengths to make a way to dwell in the midst of his people. Now, he’s made the way for his glory to dwell within us.

A streak of lightning flashes through dark blue storm clouds.

God who loves fiercely

Nothing about our Lord is casual. The day he came down on Sinai has this in common with the day Jesus died in our place: Both show how fiercely God loves.