What is the connection between God and Man?

Moses knew God face to face.  What did that mean? The OT reading for Saturday, Proper 9, Year 2,  is from Deuteronomy 34:1-12. In that passage, God emphasizes that Moses will not be allowed to cross over into the promised land. But it's noteworthy that Moses did not say that he wanted to go. Perhaps we are to infer that, having known God face to face, Moses no longer wanted anything other than what God wanted for him.

What about the rest of us, those who have not known God face to face? The NT reading is from Romans 10:14-21, where Paul emphasizes that people know by what they hear, and they hear from preaching. Paul emphasizes that people cannot preach unless they are sent and that God reaches out to us, sending preachers, even though we are disobedient.

How do we hear what God has to say to us? We have to remain vigilant, all the time. The Gospel reading is from Matthew. "Therefore you also must be ready; for the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect."  

The connection between God and man is the connection that comes from God reaching out to us and our listening all the time.