Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness. And he did not lay his hand on the chief men of the people of Israel; they beheld God, and ate and drank.

Exodus 24:9-11

40 days later – some of these men bowed before a golden calf.

They beheld God.

40 days later – some of these men led their people into a form of worship expressly forbidden by God on Mount Sinai.

They beheld God.

40+ centuries later – who’s to say I wouldn’t do the same?

They beheld God.

Lord, grant me the faith of Moses and Joshua, not that of Aaron and his fellow calf-worshiping elders.

Week six of reading the Bible cover to cover