Exodus 33
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 3 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.”
4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” 6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.
7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the Lord would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp. 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent. 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the Lord spoke with Moses. 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent. 11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.
12 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 favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
17 And the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”
21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”w Us Your Glory
Seeking the heart of God,
Asking for the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
Being obedient in following him, Through prayer.
Jesus said “my house shall be called a house of prayer”
Isaiah 65:24
“Before they call I will answer, while they are still speaking I will hear”
1 John 5:14-15
This is the confidence we have in approaching God, if we ask anything according to his will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of Him.
If God’s people will pray,
God will hear,
God will move,
& God will fix it.
2 Kings 20:5
this is the Lord, the God of your father David, “I have heard your prayer and seen your tears, I will heal you.”
What is the Glory of God?
The Glory of God in the Bible represents the viable manifestation of His invisible attributes,
character, & majestic presence.
Often described as the “weight” of his worth.
It is the intense radiance of God’s Holy character.
Exodus 25:8
God is speaking to Moses “…have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them.”
– so that the God of the Ages may dwell with His people.
Our greatest struggle is not in the realm of understanding the will of God,it’s in the realm of obeying the God whose will it is.
Titus 2:12
Just say no to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
Exodus 32:17-18
When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”
Moses replied: “It is not the sound of victory, it is not the sound of defeat, it is the sounds of singing.”
Oswald Chambers said this;
”To fear the Lord means to respect who he is, what he says, & what he does. It is not the cringing fear of a slave before his master, but the loving reverence of a child before its father. A respect that leads to obedience. “The remarkable thing about fearing God, is that when you fear God you fear nothing else. Whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else”
My Presence will go with you
Exodus 33:12-
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 favor with me. If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”
vs 14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
this is our prayer request of the Father, & the Son, & the Holy Spirit.
Teach us your ways, so that we may be found with favor in your eyes,
We, Celebration Church of Joplin Mo desire your favor.
But we must surrender to the Lordship of Christ.
And we must pray,
we must listen,
we must be obedient,
we must follow.
Vs 15
Moses said to the Lord God, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.”
Vs 16 Moses continued, “How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
Vs 17-18
the Lord said to Moses, “I will do the very thing that you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”
vs 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your Glory.”
Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the tent of meaning and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.”
the tabernacle was a temple on the move according to God’s will.
And the people followed.
Acts 2:2-4
Suddenly a sound like a violent rushing wind came from heaven…they saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and rested on each of them. Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit…”
*Jesus’ life, Death, & resurrection made the way for God to not only dwell among his people, but to dwell within them through the Holy Spirit. *
Jesus Christ made us ready and right, and God moved in.
we along with all born again believers, are His Temple on the move,
God’s home in his people.
Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle said this; “our grand business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand”
Do not miss the presence of a loving God because you are too busy living life.
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Lets come with Big Dreams,
lets come and pray with boldness,
and then lets let God be God,
