A prayer of Moses, the man of God. “Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” (Psalm 90:1-2)

Moses Knew God

Prayer is the effort of feeble man to reach an infinite God. The act of prayer is to petition the Creator of the world for blessings undeserved, unmerited, and unearned. Nothing that man has done deserves the mercy of God. It is only by the eternal nature of a forgiving and compassionate God that man can come into His presence and speak to his Maker. Prayer teaches man the need for humility. The bended knee does not lend itself to pride, as one must submit oneself to a higher being. Prayer is where the pride of man is incompatible. A proud heart and a bent knee cannot be from the same person.

Moses was a great man of faith. The Holy Spirit said that Moses was more humble than all men who were on the face of the earth. Prayer was a significant part of Moses’ life, driven by his devotion to the glory of God. Moses knew that everything in life was dependent upon God. There was nothing that he had which did not originate with God. All blessings came from above. Moses lived in the opulence of the Egyptian glory, but he could see that all the trappings of the world could not be compared with the knowledge of the one true God. His trust was in God. He knew the God he served was everlasting to everlasting. As Creator, God existed before the world was formed and man was created. What Moses believed was the greatness of God and his own smallness.

Faith in God must begin with understanding the place of man and the place of God. Man was created by God, not the other way around. The pride of man wants to believe he is the greatest power on earth. Moses knew that God was the reason the world existed and continued from generation to generation. Faith begins in acknowledging that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The sun, moon, and stars remain in place as the Lord designed. Everything about the world testifies to the creative hand of an eternal God. Moses believed the Lord was God.

The prayer of Moses was a testimony to his faith and the glory of God. Moses knew God not just intellectually, but personally. Moses could see God everywhere in the world. Each day testified to who God was. That is where true faith comes from. It is the realization that no matter what, God is the everlasting God who existed before the world began. The eternal nature of God declares His power, His infinite presence, and His unending wisdom. When a man prays to God, he declares dependence upon an eternal being that is so far above anything he thinks or can understand. Prayer develops in the heart a knowledge of God so that man can say, “I know God!” Do you know God?