Today’s devotion comes from Exodus 33:12-15.
“Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.” And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here.” Exodus 33:12-15.
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Moses said: “Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”
Moses was not satisfied with only himself being favored by God. Moses sought that the LORD would also favor the other people as well.
Moses was not satisfied with only the LORD’s presence going with him. Moses was not satisfied with the LORD’s promise: “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Moses sought that the LORD’s presence would go with the other people as well. “Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here.”
“Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.” James 5:16.
“With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,” Ephesians 6:18.
“Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power
And come to save us!
3 O God, restore us
And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts,
How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?” Psalm 80:1-4.
“14 O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
15 Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,
And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.” Psalm 80:14-15.
Notice that God’s “Unconditional Election” of His people, “Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted” in the language of the prior verse, is the basis of the Psalmist’s faith and our faith that God will revive us, restore us, and save us.
“18 Then we shall not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 O LORD God of hosts, restore us;
Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.” Psalm 80:18-19.
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