Today’s Text: Exodus 33:15
Then Moses said, “If you don’t personally go with us, don’t make
us leave this place.
Words of Devotion
Do you ever become more
passionate about completing the task and accomplishing the mission than about
knowing and experiencing Jesus? Maybe you worry more about checking off your
Christian list of things to do than to feel the presence of God? Moses realized
that the Promised Land (and really any blessing from God) meant absolutely
nothing without God’s presence. Moses only wanted the Promised Land if it was
the byproduct of knowing and following God. The big danger for many of us is
that having a great ministry or succeeding can be more important than,
experiencing, and following Jesus.
Moses understood that the
only thing that set him and the Hebrew people apart was the presence
of God. Whether you are doing life and ministry in Atlanta, New
Brunswick, Burlington, Mexico, Haiti or Indonesia, the only thing that sets you
and the people you are ministering to apart is the presence of God.
In fact,
we can have the most talented people, abundant resources, cutting edge
strategy, and even be doing all the right things and without God’s presence it just won’t matter. It is only as God
leads us and works through us that we can become the aroma of Jesus to the
world around us (2
Corinthians 4). It is only as we know, experience, and follow Jesus
that we can make an eternal difference where God has placed us.
Do you really want to know
and experience Jesus more than anything?
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