One of a kind

But since then there has not arisen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, - Deuteronomy 34v10

I don’t have a whole lot to say this morning, I just could not say good bye to Moses without one more mention.

We always hear the news about every famous celebrity who dies. This week Fess Parker, or Davy Crockett as most of us remember him, died. Every death is mentioned in the news and on Facebook and we think about them and possibly reflect on how time is passing along with the celebrities we knew growing up.

I don’t have a problem with that and I often reflect on these lives and for some the memories they left. Certain people make an impact on us whether we know them or not.

I sort of feel that way today as I read of Moses’ death. ‘So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.’ The people wept for the traditional thirty days and the days of weeping we done. That sounds like today when a celebrity dies. We think about it, we talk about, and then we move on to the next celebrity death. We often talk about them as being ‘one of a kind’ and some of them are too us.

But God adds a mention to Moses’ life that we need to see. The weeping was over, ‘but since then there has not risen in Israel a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.’

A few men in the Old Testament really stick out in our memories. Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. Elijah was carried to glory accompanied by a chariot of fire. And Moses was the prophet that God knew face to face.

Moses led a stubborn and rebellious nation for forty years. He was not perfect, we know that by the very fact that he was buried on the ‘wrong side’ of the Jordan River. He was, however, God’s man for the hour. He was a standout in God’s eyes. He lived a life truly worth remembering.

Good ole Moses – one of a kind.