In this episode of Seeds of Revelation, Rabbi Schneider delves into the profound compassion of God as revealed to Moses. Discover how the Hebrew word ‘rachum’, linked to a mother’s womb, illustrates the depth of God’s love and safety. Rabbi Schneider connects this divine attribute with Psalm 131, where King David finds unparalleled peace and comfort in God’s presence.
Welcome to Seeds of Revelation, a short devotional presented by Rabbi Schneider, a Jewish believer in Jesus, the Messiah. When the Lord revealed himself to Moses, when Moses hid in the cleft of the rock, the Lord passed by Moses, proclaimed his name to Moses, and then revealed to Moshe, to Moses, who he was. And the first thing that the Lord said to Moses as he revealed to Moshe who he was, is he said, I am Rechum, which is translated in our English Bible as compassionate. I’m thinking of that in relationship to Psalm 131, verse 2. David was writing here in Psalm 131. Hear what David said. Surely, David is speaking to the Lord, I have composed and quieted my soul. Like a weaned child rests against his mother, my soul is like a weaned child within me. David found such comfort in God, in God’s tenderness, in his compassion. That Hebrew word for compassion, when the Lord said to Moses, I’m compassionate, is a feminine word. It’s rachum. It comes from the connected to a mother’s womb. And I just love this because we need to feel safe in God. And when we know that we’re loved by God with the same ferocious love that a mother has for her child, how a mother protects her child, how a mother loves her child no matter what, when we realize how ferocious God’s love is towards us, the Bible says if God is for us, who can be against us? We’re going to feel safe and secure. This is so powerful. Don’t you want to feel safe and secure in God? I do, and we can.
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