Crying Out to God for His Presence
Imagine standing at the edge of failure seeing all that you have invested your life in crumbled and in a heap of ruin before you. Imagine the deep pain of disappointment and yet a deeper dread that you don’t have the strength to rebuild it.
If you can feel this pain you have an idea of how Moses felt as he uttered the request in Exodus 33:15—“Lord, ‘If your presence does not go with me, do not lead me up from here.” This is a cry from a man who has no other source of hope but God. Unfortunately, such total abandonment only comes in our moments of deepest failure. But the Bible says that this is our ever present condition
“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5).
Don’t wait for the pain, the difficult moment to cry out for God’s presence and provision. Walk in His empowerment today. All it takes is a simple but sincere request—“Lord, ‘If your presence does not go with me, do not lead me up from here.”
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:21