The Word That Suits: Marching On In His Presence

Exodus 33:1-3, 12, 14-16
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."

Moses said to the Lord, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favour with me.'

The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and your people unless you you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?

At the beginning of this year, for the first few days of the first month of this year, I prayed to the Lord for the year on behalf of myself and my family. I sought God's face for a revelation of what the year will hold for me and my family as He ushered us into the new year and the Lord gave me just this sentence "My Presence will go with you into the year." This was a promise that I got from God after I had fasted and prayed and committed the year into His hands. And I am here testifying that I have indeed enjoyed the goodness of God in the first half of the year.
When we consider the passage above, the Lord had promised the children of Israel a land flowing with milk and honey and he was in fact telling them to go and take possession of their inheritance. The victory over their enemies was already promised and there was abundance in the land they were going in to possess. He even promised that an angel will go before them to drive out their enemies before them, but there was something about the Presence of God that was worth all the prayers for. Moses was not just contented with the victories that was promised or the provisions that they were going to possess, he wanted something more. Moses asked God that, what will distinguish him and the people of Israel from all the other people on the face of the earth if not the Presence of God.
The angels can ensure victory, the land can birth forth its treasures for Israel as it would for the other people on the face of the earth, but what will make Israel stand out from every other nation was the Presence of the Almighty God.
Now, no matter what you have been told that awaits you in the second half of this year, but without the Presence of God going with you, you are going empty. If you have received a word of promise from the Lord and He has assured you that the remaining part of this year holds for you great riches and abundance of all that you desire, please don't stop there, seek the Lord and ask the question that "Lord who are you sending with me?" Don't stay contented in the promise alone, seek that the Presence of God goes with you as you march on to possess the promise of God for your life in the remaining part of the year.

2 Samuel 6:11
The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

Just before I end this, I want us to look at the impact of the Presence of God in the life of a man. The passage above stated that as the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom, the Lord blessed him and his household. Obed-Edom was an Israelite living in the land flowing with milk and honey which the Lord swore to Abraham, but when the ark of God entered into his house there was a special blessing bestowed on him and his household as a result of that ark. The distinguishing factor between Obed-Edom and all the other people around him was the presence of the ark of the Lord in his house.
So I will encourage all those reading this piece, that in truth you will enjoy the goodness of God as you march into the second half of this year, but you will enjoying a distinguishing blessing of God as you march into the second half of this year in the Presence of God. So don't just pray for the blessing of the Lord seek the Presence of God.

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