Do we want His ways or His deeds?

There was a time when Moses asked God to teach him his ways. In fact Moses' request went further than that; he goes on, in Exodus 33:13, to say "that I may know know you and continue to find favour in your sight". In his heart, Moses wanted to know God. He did not just want to know what God did, he wanted to know why he did it. He did not want to know about him, he actually wanted to know him, intimately.

This was something that marked Moses out from the other Israelites. He longed for God's presence. In Exodus 20:18-21 the people were afraid to get too near to God, instead they asked Moses to speak to them on God's behalf. Moses, however, did not hesitate to go right into the presence of God.

Over the past few days I have been meditating on this verse:

"He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel" Psalm 103:7 (NIV)

There is a difference between knowing God's ways and knowing his deeds. Fear stopped the Israelites approaching their Father; they were content to settle for seeing all the amazing things God did.

As wonderful as God's deeds are there is more. There is a door open for us to go through and experience who God is. Like Moses we can say "teach me your ways". As I have thought about this verse in Psalm 103 I have been asking the Father to show me his ways and not just his deeds. I don't want anything to stand in the way of me finding him and I hope as I find him, I will see more of his amazing deeds!