HAVING GOD'S PRESENCE WITH YOU 1

12 Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’
13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
14 AND HE SAID, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”
15 THEN HE [Moses] SAID TO HIM [God], “IF YOUR PRESENCE DOES NOT GO WITH US, DO NOT BRING US UP FROM HERE.
16 FOR HOW THEN WILL IT BE KNOWN THAT YOUR PEOPLE AND I HAVE FOUND GRACE IN YOUR SIGHT, EXCEPT YOU GO WITH US? SO WE SHALL BE SEPARATE, YOUR PEOPLE AND I, FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.”
Exodus 33:12–16 (NKJV)

• If someone would be a vessel of God with honour, and would be at the cutting edge all the days of his or her life; such would have to be someone who has the presence of God with him or her.

• Moses said If God's presence would not go with them, in their journey in the wilderness, He, God, should not take them further than where they were:
  "AND MOSES SAID TO THE LORD, IF YOUR PRESENCE DOES NOT GO WITH ME, DO NOT CARRY US UP FROM HERE!" (Exodus 33:15 Amplified Bible, Contemporary Edition).
• The presence of God in the life of a believer or a minister makes the difference. What separates a true believer and a nominal Christian or a fleshly ruled Christian is the presence of God: "SO WE SHALL BE SEPARATE, YOUR PEOPLE AND I, FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH” (Exodus 33:16 NKJV).

• For you to carry the presence of God, or for the presence of God to be with you, you had to be in His presence.

• The text of this teaching was the conversation between Moses and God, and it happened when he, Moses, was in the presence of God—on the mountain.
• Whenever Moses went to the tabernacle, God usually spoke with him face to face:
  9 AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN MOSES ENTERED THE TABERNACLE, THAT THE PILLAR OF CLOUD DESCENDED AND STOOD AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE, AND THE LORD TALKED WITH MOSES. 11 SO THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES FACE TO FACE, AS A MAN SPEAKS TO HIS FRIEND. AND HE WOULD RETURN TO THE CAMP, BUT HIS SERVANT JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, A YOUNG MAN, DID NOT DEPART FROM THE TABERNACLE" (Exodus 33:9,11 NKJV).
• Being in the presence of God does mean to be with God in a secluded or solitary place alone; It is much more than that. It thus means to commune and fellowship with God always. You go about your daily life with the consciousness of having God with you, engaging in conversation with Him: In your car, your work place, your house, or wherever you are.

• You get the presence of God:
I. When you are always in the attitude or mood of prayer. You can be doing whatever you are doing and be praying in the Holy Spirit, in tongues, under your breath.

• It is in the place of prayer, communion with God, that you attract the presence of God—the Glory and the power of God.
• It was being tarried in the place of prayer—staying in the presence of God, or staying with Him, for an extended period of time—that changed the countenance of Moses.
  HE was with the LORD forty days and forty nights (Exodus 34:28-30).
• Your prayer life has to be sound If you want His presence in your life. Fasting and prayer had to be part of your life for you to generate or receive God's power.
• Two things are to be noted when we talk about praying.
  a. Heartfelt prayer is a major type of prayer needed for the presence of God.
  It is about telling God whatever in your heart, those things which you could not share with someone else, or things that others may not understand when you share it with them.
  YOU pour it out to God when you come to Him.
  b. The communion or fellowship or intimacy with God. You would want to ask and converse with God about issues, even things that might not be your personal issues.
  c. You would also want to supplicate, plead and intercede, for others whilst you are with God.
• Note: the points mentioned here above are the cores of being a believer in Christ Jesus.

• You will not fail in the mighty name of Jesus.

• Should there be any contrary thing in your system that is working against your health and wellness, such is rebuked and rooted out completely.
  Peace!
  TO BE CONTINUED

STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. As you took the steps A and B your name is written in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).

• If you took the steps As highlighted above, congratulations, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!