Groveling For Gravel

Exo 34:1-2 MKJV
(1) And Jehovah said to Moses, Cut out two tablets of stone like the first. And I will write upon the tablets the words that were in the first tablets which you broke.
(2) And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me in the top of the mountain.

The first time Moses had ascended the mountain, God carved and inscribed two pieces of stone with His instruction to His people. Moses trekked down the mountain with this 'embodiment of the Law', and shattered it out of righteous anger over the sins of the people.

If the significance of this is not starting to become apparent - Jesus is always the stone and He fully fulfilled the Law. He was sent 'down' and broken over the sins of man. But that isn't what I want to dwell on.

Ever since the broken body of Jesus, people have gathered at the foot of the mountain and groveled for gravel - the broken pieces of Truth. Religious groups cling to their one little piece (which DOES have truth on it) while unwilling to climb the mountain - alone - and receive again the WHOLE truth of Jesus from God Himself. If we want the entire picture - or at least all we can handle of Him - we have to embrace a personal journey with God. We cannot lean upon the teachings of others and expect to walk in any kind of power or revelation. See, when Moses returned the second time - he glowed. Yes, he had to cut the stones himself - the second time. We are required to 'work out our own salvation with fear and trembling'. We cannot adopt for ourselves the relationship that others have with God. It's easy to identify who glows, and who is carrying around a chunk of gravel.