“The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”” Exodus 33:14 (NIV)
This is such a wonderful Promise given by God to Moses, and to us also. We can be assured that He is with us. It is a promise we need to remember just as Moses needed to remember it. It was given for a special reason and we see that in the last words of the verse where God said, “and I will give your rest.” Moses had led the Israelites out of Egypt and they were at Sinai. God wanted Moses to lead them them on to the promised land. They were a difficult people and the assignment seemed too big to Moses. That is when God gave him this promise. The promise was the for the presence of God and that gave Moses reason to relax, to rest. We too can know that God will be with us because of His many promises to do so and we too can find rest, even in the middle of stressful circumstances and difficult situations that seem too big. When we face great challenges in life, let's remember our God is with us and let's relax, trusting in His presence. He will care for us as He promised in our verse and in the middle of the battle we can rest.
This is such a wonderful Promise given by God to Moses, and to us also. We can be assured that He is with us. It is a promise we need to remember just as Moses needed to remember it. It was given for a special reason and we see that in the last words of the verse where God said, “and I will give your rest.” Moses had led the Israelites out of Egypt and they were at Sinai. God wanted Moses to lead them them on to the promised land. They were a difficult people and the assignment seemed too big to Moses. That is when God gave him this promise. The promise was the for the presence of God and that gave Moses reason to relax, to rest. We too can know that God will be with us because of His many promises to do so and we too can find rest, even in the middle of stressful circumstances and difficult situations that seem too big. When we face great challenges in life, let's remember our God is with us and let's relax, trusting in His presence. He will care for us as He promised in our verse and in the middle of the battle we can rest.
