Does he not speak through us also?”
Admittedly, it does sound like a fair concern. Do they not serve God as well? Do they not give their lives to Him as well? Why then is it only Moses that goes inside the tent to speak with God "face to face, plainly and not in riddles"? God saw through them, and gives three reasons why this is not the case:
- their concern came from jealousy, speaking against Moses who is a man of God
- Moses has earned God's trust, being meek and ever mindful of God, while they only thought of themselves
- Moses spoke God's Word and yet they spoke against him with malice
Aren't we like Miriam and Aaron most of the time? Instead of being inspired by seeing others sacrfice themselves for God, we try our best to find fault to be against that person instead of giving them a helping hand to succeed in their work for God. We focus on others, versus looking at ourselves and trying our best to follow God's will. And most of all, we focus on God's messenger and why we'll refuse him, versus focusing on God's word.
Moses wasn't perfect, but he gave God primacy. He focused on God and not on himself, trusting and following God even when the Israelites were really out of this world. It would do us good to focus on God's word, versus finding excuses just to make us feel good by thinking we're better than him/her.
God has many ways to talk to us. How can we expect to hear His voice, when we don't even care about His words?
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