20TH MARCH
TEXT: Exodus 33:1-7 (KJV)
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, thatevery one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
4 And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, thatevery one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
It is a very big mistake to embark on any
journey in life without the assurance of God’s presence, it’s a big mistake.
Too many people have taken serious decisions without being sure God is there
and then they wonder why they failed. You ought to have gotten serious
confirmation that He has gone ahead of you before you took your step. And so it
is very important for every one of us to have this deep down inside of us. We
shouldn’t do anything that will make Him pull away but rather we should do that
that will attract His presence not only for a meeting like this but throughout
our lives and it’s very possible.
Now something happened in verse 7, Moses
now had to take away the tabernacle of the presence of the Lord from the midst
of the people and pitched it far off, and that tells a lot. When God leaves the
midst of His people there’s a serious danger. When He separated the tabernacle
from the midst of the people, whoever had any need to go and seek God now have
leave the camp and go to a separate place. If God in your life is only limited
to church something is wrong. If people can only see you’re religious, your
spirituality in church something is wrong. There should be no difference
whether you are out there somewhere or you are here. I believe that God is
speaking to somebody right now, you know what He’s saying to us this week, I
want more of you, give me more, I want to indwell you; I want to be seen more
in you. And if anyone will allow Him you will be amazed what He will do. We
don’t want His presence to be withdrawn we want His presence to stay. Live the
life and you will see the glory.
Glory Realm Devotional
By Rev. Igho Yegbeburu
www.gloriousfountain.org
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