If
we are like Moses, the man of God, we shall have a twofold consciousness. On
the one hand, weshall be conscious of the fact that we are thornbushes ;
on the other hand, we shall be conscious of God’s glory dwelling within us as a
burning flame. Moses became a man of God, but he still
considered himself a thornbush . In the same principle, God’s
glory dwelt among the children of Israel and made them His glorious dwelling
place, but they were still a thornbush , even a corporate thornbush .
According to Deuteronomy 33:1, Moses was a man of God.
This indicates transformation. Apart from the process of transformation, how
could Moses, a man so strong and active in his natural life, become a man of
God? Only through transformation could he become such a person. One example of
Moses’ transformation was his experience with the Lord on the mountaintop. After Moses had been with the Lord on the
mountain for forty days, his face was shining because the flame of God’s holy
fire had been burned into him. Moses was like steel that is thrust into
fire and kept there until the steel glows with the fire that has been burned
into its very essence. When Moses was on
the mountaintop, God’s glory was burned into his being. When he came down
from the mountain, his face was shining [Exo. 34:30].... Was that not a sign of
transformation? It was a sure indication that Moses was being transformed.
According to his training in the palace, Moses could have become an expert in
all the Egyptian knowledge. But because he had been redeemed, called,
sanctified, and transformed, instead he eventually became a man of God.
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