But what did He reveal? Verse twelve tells us : he said His written word. The very first thing God gave to this person who met up with Him was His truth in written form. Nobody has ever had in his possession a more valuable document than this. Moses possessed the autograph of Deity—the autographa etched in stone by God’s own finger.

God gave His folks the Word of the Lord that they’d know His mind and obey. He gave them the design for the church that he’d come and dwell among them. He didn’t wish to stay detached high up on a mountain. He learned that it takes discipline and preparation to do so.

It’s one thing to grasp what to do ; it’s quite another to basically do it. What percentage of us take a course on prayer but infrequently pray, or learn the methods of evangelism but rarely share our faith? In this account of Moses’ life, we might have learned small new, but we’ve been challenged with some profound reminders from the Lord God’s Word. We don’t need a creative new strategy quite as much as a swift kick in the pants.

We need a rebuke from the Lord God Almighty, as we are so slothful and slow and knackered when it comes to climbing that mountain and meeting for 30 minutes with the Lord. Regardless of our bad track record, may He stop us this moment with the reminder that we might become far stronger women and men of The Lord God if we’d only maintain a period of meeting with Him. It could be on a craggy mountain top, in a closet, or, as with my personal mummy, in a locked loo with a “Do not disturb” sign on the door.

God isn’t particular in the least about the place you select or the quantity of time you spend.