Poker Face
Poker Face
From our friends at Pine Cove Camps
You’ve probably heard the term “having a good poker face” before. It has to do with one’s ability to hide their emotions, most often, their excitement. If you’ve ever played any sort of card game before, then you’ve probably experienced what I’m talking about.Recently, I started teaching my four year old and my three year old the game of Go Fish. I can always tell when they drew a card they know that daddy has, because their face lights up!
Teaching them how to play Go Fish reminded me of one of my favorite Old Testament stories. In Exodus 24: 12, God tells Moses,
“Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” (ESV)
So Moses goes up Mount Sinai and spends 40 days and 40 nights there with God. (Exodus 24:18) When he returned down the mountain, the people of Israel where shocked to see that Moses face was glowing!
“Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.” (34: 29-30) “And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.” (34:33)
Moses had been in such close relationship and proximity with God, and was so filled with God’s glory (33:18) that it was literally all over his face! In that moment, Moses could not hide his closeness to the Lord; he could not conceal his excitement for Him.
As I sat down to write this, I began to wonder, what does my face show? Am I so excited about God that it is written all over my face? Am I in such close relationship with my Creator that it is obvious how much I love Him? Too often I hide my excitement for the Lord. Too often I let the weight of the world, and the pressures that come with each day, mask the pure joy and love that I have for Jesus, my Savior. Fortunately, God loves us so much that even “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
Lord, thank you for loving me so much, that you pursue me. Help me to make spending time with you a priority. May I wait with you on the mountain and may my face reflect my love for you to others. Amen.
From our friends at Pine Cove Camps
You’ve probably heard the term “having a good poker face” before. It has to do with one’s ability to hide their emotions, most often, their excitement. If you’ve ever played any sort of card game before, then you’ve probably experienced what I’m talking about.Recently, I started teaching my four year old and my three year old the game of Go Fish. I can always tell when they drew a card they know that daddy has, because their face lights up!
Teaching them how to play Go Fish reminded me of one of my favorite Old Testament stories. In Exodus 24: 12, God tells Moses,
“Come up to me on the mountain and wait there, that I may give you the tablets of stone with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.” (ESV)
So Moses goes up Mount Sinai and spends 40 days and 40 nights there with God. (Exodus 24:18) When he returned down the mountain, the people of Israel where shocked to see that Moses face was glowing!
“Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him.” (34: 29-30) “And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.” (34:33)
Moses had been in such close relationship and proximity with God, and was so filled with God’s glory (33:18) that it was literally all over his face! In that moment, Moses could not hide his closeness to the Lord; he could not conceal his excitement for Him.
As I sat down to write this, I began to wonder, what does my face show? Am I so excited about God that it is written all over my face? Am I in such close relationship with my Creator that it is obvious how much I love Him? Too often I hide my excitement for the Lord. Too often I let the weight of the world, and the pressures that come with each day, mask the pure joy and love that I have for Jesus, my Savior. Fortunately, God loves us so much that even “while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
Lord, thank you for loving me so much, that you pursue me. Help me to make spending time with you a priority. May I wait with you on the mountain and may my face reflect my love for you to others. Amen.
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