Day 326: "If Your Presence Does Not Go With Us,..."
Read: Exodus 33:7 - 23
C.S Lewis, in his book “Miracles” writes, “The presence of God is the
most real thing we ever encounter.” I would pray that each of you who
come to read these words today will ponder upon and consider well the
relevance of this quote in your Christian lives this day. These are words that I pray should have a tremendous impact on your spirit.
Exodus is nothing less than the story of salvation by grace alone. That doctrine is very well stated in Ephesians 2:8 - 10. However, in Exodus it is presented in exciting narrative with dramatic pictures that have been with us from our childhood. God
heard all their cries. He responded saying, "My presence will go with
you, and I will give you rest."
Then Moses prayed to him, “If
your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. For how
then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your
people?" Moses' heart is speaking directly to God's heart, touching
God's heart, saying that he fully believed that nothing less than
the fullest possible confidence of God's presence made manifest in his
life was going to be able give him the strength and confidence to
lead the people to the promised land. Moses is saying to God that unless
God's presence went before his, he did not feel like he could take even
one step forward. Moses wanted to know God's presence fully, it was all
that mattered!
As Moses and the children of Israel are
wandering in the wilderness, An interesting transaction takes place
between Moses and the Lord in Exodus 33, that illustrates just how
important the presence of God was to Moses, and how much he hungered for
it. Moses had a more intimate relationship with the LORD than any of us
could ever really imagine. He met with Him face-to-face. He spent 40
days with Him on top of Mt. Sinai. The LORD called Moses "friend!" But
Moses was not ready to settle for anything lesser than God himself and
so there is one thing of which Moses PRAYED absolutely convinced of this
fact "If Your Presence does not go with us, we don't want to go."
Do you get a sense of the intensity of Moses' prayer? Do you get a
sense of the total determination and the almost completely reckless way
he approached God? Moses was a man with whom the Lord spoke "face to
face", as a man speaks to his friend. He wanted to know God. He wanted to find favor in God's sight. But even that was just not
enough. Moses would not stop praying UNTIL he secured the continued
presence of God, not only for himself, but for the people he was leading
through the wilderness.Even that was not enough. He pushed the
prayer envelope further with this: "Please show me your glory." So, "If
we are not praying for God's presence to go with us...?"
Let Us Pray: Psalm 63
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IN YOUR PRESENCE
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SHALOM ISRAËL
Day 326: "If Your Presence Does Not Go With Us,..."
Read: Exodus 33:7 - 23
C.S Lewis, in his book “Miracles” writes, “The presence of God is the most real thing we ever encounter.” I would pray that each of you who come to read these words today will ponder upon and consider well the relevance of this quote in your Christian lives this day. These are words that I pray should have a tremendous impact on your spirit.
Exodus is nothing less than the story of salvation by grace alone. That doctrine is very well stated in Ephesians 2:8 - 10. However, in Exodus it is presented in exciting narrative with dramatic pictures that have been with us from our childhood. God heard all their cries. He responded saying, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Then Moses prayed to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people?" Moses' heart is speaking directly to God's heart, touching God's heart, saying that he fully believed that nothing less than the fullest possible confidence of God's presence made manifest in his life was going to be able give him the strength and confidence to lead the people to the promised land. Moses is saying to God that unless God's presence went before his, he did not feel like he could take even one step forward. Moses wanted to know God's presence fully, it was all that mattered!
As Moses and the children of Israel are wandering in the wilderness, An interesting transaction takes place between Moses and the Lord in Exodus 33, that illustrates just how important the presence of God was to Moses, and how much he hungered for it. Moses had a more intimate relationship with the LORD than any of us could ever really imagine. He met with Him face-to-face. He spent 40 days with Him on top of Mt. Sinai. The LORD called Moses "friend!" But Moses was not ready to settle for anything lesser than God himself and so there is one thing of which Moses PRAYED absolutely convinced of this fact "If Your Presence does not go with us, we don't want to go."
Do you get a sense of the intensity of Moses' prayer? Do you get a sense of the total determination and the almost completely reckless way he approached God? Moses was a man with whom the Lord spoke "face to face", as a man speaks to his friend. He wanted to know God. He wanted to find favor in God's sight. But even that was just not
enough. Moses would not stop praying UNTIL he secured the continued presence of God, not only for himself, but for the people he was leading through the wilderness.Even that was not enough. He pushed the prayer envelope further with this: "Please show me your glory." So, "If we are not praying for God's presence to go with us...?"
Let Us Pray: Psalm 63
http://www.youtube.com/
IN YOUR PRESENCE
www.youtube.com
SHALOM ISRAËL
Read: Exodus 33:7 - 23
C.S Lewis, in his book “Miracles” writes, “The presence of God is the most real thing we ever encounter.” I would pray that each of you who come to read these words today will ponder upon and consider well the relevance of this quote in your Christian lives this day. These are words that I pray should have a tremendous impact on your spirit.
Exodus is nothing less than the story of salvation by grace alone. That doctrine is very well stated in Ephesians 2:8 - 10. However, in Exodus it is presented in exciting narrative with dramatic pictures that have been with us from our childhood. God heard all their cries. He responded saying, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
Then Moses prayed to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people?" Moses' heart is speaking directly to God's heart, touching God's heart, saying that he fully believed that nothing less than the fullest possible confidence of God's presence made manifest in his life was going to be able give him the strength and confidence to lead the people to the promised land. Moses is saying to God that unless God's presence went before his, he did not feel like he could take even one step forward. Moses wanted to know God's presence fully, it was all that mattered!
As Moses and the children of Israel are wandering in the wilderness, An interesting transaction takes place between Moses and the Lord in Exodus 33, that illustrates just how important the presence of God was to Moses, and how much he hungered for it. Moses had a more intimate relationship with the LORD than any of us could ever really imagine. He met with Him face-to-face. He spent 40 days with Him on top of Mt. Sinai. The LORD called Moses "friend!" But Moses was not ready to settle for anything lesser than God himself and so there is one thing of which Moses PRAYED absolutely convinced of this fact "If Your Presence does not go with us, we don't want to go."
Do you get a sense of the intensity of Moses' prayer? Do you get a sense of the total determination and the almost completely reckless way he approached God? Moses was a man with whom the Lord spoke "face to face", as a man speaks to his friend. He wanted to know God. He wanted to find favor in God's sight. But even that was just not
enough. Moses would not stop praying UNTIL he secured the continued presence of God, not only for himself, but for the people he was leading through the wilderness.Even that was not enough. He pushed the prayer envelope further with this: "Please show me your glory." So, "If we are not praying for God's presence to go with us...?"
Let Us Pray: Psalm 63
http://www.youtube.com/
IN YOUR PRESENCE
www.youtube.com
SHALOM ISRAËL
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