Exodus
33:15 And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up
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"If You aren't going with us, we aren't going." This was what Moses said to God, and it's something that we would do well to follow in our own life. How many times do we run full speed into business transactions, or relationships, or even ministry only to find out later that God wasn't behind our endeavors. How much better off would we be to have God's blessings before we jump in with both feet? Even more so, how much better off would we be to hear from God that what we were about to do was not in His plan for us? Let us not forget that Christians are followers of Christ, not leaders of Christ. If you are repeatedly finding yourself in situations where you have to ask "where is God", maybe it's time to back up, wait on God, and determine in your heart to stop trying to lead the Leader, and faithfully follow Him. If God goes before you, no one and nothing can stop you. If you go by yourself, good luck won't be enough!
"If You aren't going with us, we aren't going." This was what Moses said to God, and it's something that we would do well to follow in our own life. How many times do we run full speed into business transactions, or relationships, or even ministry only to find out later that God wasn't behind our endeavors. How much better off would we be to have God's blessings before we jump in with both feet? Even more so, how much better off would we be to hear from God that what we were about to do was not in His plan for us? Let us not forget that Christians are followers of Christ, not leaders of Christ. If you are repeatedly finding yourself in situations where you have to ask "where is God", maybe it's time to back up, wait on God, and determine in your heart to stop trying to lead the Leader, and faithfully follow Him. If God goes before you, no one and nothing can stop you. If you go by yourself, good luck won't be enough!
This is one of the reasons I love Moses. Listen to what God tells the children of Isreal in Exodus 33:1-3 (NKJV)
ReplyDelete33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
God says to go and He will even send an angel to clear the way.......But Moses says If YOU don't go with us we don't want to go. There are many times I'm uncertain about where to go or how to get there and my prayer is like that of Moses, "God if YOU don't go with me I don't want to go." And yes, I do sometimes lead the way but God uses even those times to help teach me about myself and Him.