We don’t much like absolutes in the modern church. We’ve traded away the binary nature of black and white for a more confused, if not more tolerable, gradient of grays.

In the modern church, we have a real problem distinguishing between the true Voice of God as Moses would have heard and our own psychological voice of god. In many cases, we are simply hearing our own selves, not God.

The Almighty had set His gaze upon Abraham, and He was not about to turn away. His hand of Grace had seized the man’s heart, and He was about to flex. Instead of backing off, God doubled down. It was time to initiate covenant with the man.

There are many things that can provide me with a sense of catharsis, even pseudo-spiritual things. If we’re in pain, stress, anxiety or otherwise, we start seeking catharsis.