Ki Tisa כִּי תִשָּׂא - When You Elevate
Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35
Exodus 33:12–16
33:12 Moses said to Hashem, “Behold, You tell me, ‘Bring up this people,’ and You haven’t let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ 13 Now therefore, if I have found favor in Your sight, please show me Your way, now, that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight; and consider that this nation is Your people.”
14 He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 Moses said to Him, “If Your presence doesn’t go with me, don’t carry us up from here. 16 For how would people know that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Isn’t it that You go with us, so that we are separated, I and Your people, from all the people who are on the surface of the earth?”
Today’s Meditation:
Moses is leading thousands of His people into the Holy Land. What is he concerned about? He is interested in Hashem going with him. In fact, he says, “Don’t carry us up from here, if Your presence doesn’t go with me” (verse 15). That is really his only concern, that Hashem leads the way. It is the most significant task in the world, and he knows that he can’t do it without Him. Isn’t that how our lives should be? That we don’t go forward with any big decisions (and some small) without Hashem going before us? Think about it. If you are making critical changes in your life, be sure to invite Hashem to be with you and help you every step of the way.
Today’s Challenge:
In verse 13 of today’s reading, Moses says, “Please show me Your way, now, that I may know You.” It is essential to understand Hashem’s way. Sometimes it is very different from what we think we should do. Today, I challenge you to search out Hashem’s way in your life. Make sure you are on His path. Usually, you can if you aren't, if you don’t have peace in your heart. When Hashem is is in the middle of your decision making or when seeking your purpose, you have total shalom peace.
