My presence will go with you

“And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.” - Exodus 33:14

Moses knew that if God did not go with them they would be hopeless in their journey. God had told Moses that they could continue on their journey, that He would give them the land He had promised, that He would take care of them, but that He would not go with them.

This surely would not do! Moses was not going to lead the people without God’s daily presence. He pled with God to go with them and God answered his prayer. God told Moses, “My presence will go with you, I will give you rest.” This was all Moses needed to hear, that God’s presence would continue on with them and Moses told God, “We will be separated to You.”

In Hebrews it is recorded that Jesus said, “I will never leave you or forsake you.” Every day that goes by Jesus goes with us. As Christ walks with us in His holiness we are compelled to separate ourselves from the world and walk with Him. We too often forget, intentionally or not, that Christ’s presence is always with us. We walk more like the world than Him. We involve ourselves with all the mess of the world and we drag Christ right along with us.

Of course, we cannot withdraw ourselves totally from the world. God has given us the world as our mission field. We can, however, separate ourselves from the ways of the world.

As Jesus walks along with us we must draw along beside Him and separate ourselves from the wickedness of the world around us.