Exodus 33-34: Ps. 16; Acts 9

“And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.”
Exodus 33:14-15

Moses understood that having God’s presence with him and the people was the most important thing. He had the staff of God that the Lord used to do great miracles of deliverance but that cannot replace the presence of the Lord. A lot of people make the works of God their objective. We want to see God do great things for us. We want to pray and have a miracle, a healing, a financial breakthrough, a relational restoration, a powerful deliverance. We seek God’s hand but Moses sought God’s face. He just wanted God and no amount of power could replace simply his presence. The immature don’t understand the value of relationships they tend to see a relationship as a means to an end. Children for instance often are oblivious of the value of parents relationship, an immature teenager wants the key to the car but isn’t interested in simply hanging out with the folks. Give me my allowance and get out of the way. If that youngster grows in maturity, they begin to realize that the things they are given simply get old and deteriorates but the friendships, the relationships that is what satisfies. I believe God understands our immaturity and he is extremely patient, but I also believe He loves to here if you don’t go with us we won’t go. He longs for us to mature to the point that it isn’t the things we get from his hand that we seek after but the smile on his face, the sound of His voice, the sense of his presence. You face oh Lord we seek.

God Bless,

Pastor Rick

Next Reading: Exodus 35-36; Acts 10