Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel.
—Deuteronomy 33:1
“The man of God”! How much this name means! He is a man who comes from God. He walks with God and carries the mark of His presence. His whole being is ruled by the glory of God, and he involuntarily causes men to think of God. In his heart the life of God has taken its rightful place. His one desire is that God should have a place of prominence in men’s hearts throughout the world.
God seeks these individuals so that He may fill them with Himself and send them into the world to help others to know Him. Moses was such a man of God that people naturally spoke of him this way—“Moses the man of God.”
The thought of a man like Moses leads us beyond our own personal needs. He was so closely linked to God that men instinctively gave this as his chief characteristic—“the man of God.” This thought brings us out into public life and suggests the idea of the impression we make upon others. We can be so full of God’s holy presence that, when others see us, this name will come to mind—“the man of God.”
These are the kind of men and women the world and God equally need. Why is this? Because the world, by sin, has fallen away from God. Because in Christ the world has been redeemed for God. God has no way of showing people what they ought to be except through men and women of God. Man was created for God, so that God might live, work, and show forth His glory in him and through him. God was to be his all in all.
When the redemption of Christ was completed in the descent of the Holy Spirit into the hearts of men, this indwelling was restored, and God regained possession of His home. A person can give himself completely to the presence of the Holy Spirit, not only as a power working in him, but also as God dwelling in him. Then he can become, in the deepest meaning of the word, “a man of God.” (See John 14:16, 20, 23 and 1 John 4:13, 16.)
It is in the secret prayer habit of daily life that we learn to know our God, His fire, and our power with Him. May we know what it is to be a man or woman of God and what it implies.