“‘If your presence does not go,’ Moses responded to him, ‘don’t make us go up from here. How will it be known that I and your people have found favor with you unless you go with us? I and your people will be distinguished by this from all the other people on the face of the earth.’ The Lord answered Moses, ‘ I will do this very thing you have asked, for you have found favor with me, and I know you by name.'” (CSB – Read the chapter)
Have you ever been deprived of a need? There could have been all sorts of reasons for that. I’m more interested now in the lack itself. You needed it, but you couldn’t get it for some reason. That’s a scary feeling. Depending on exactly what the need is, it could be terrifying. If it was a need you were so used to having fulfilled before, being deprived of it even for a little while may have alerted you to just how much it really is a need. Some things we need and we don’t even realize it because we’ve never gone without. Moses here recognizes one of the things that often falls on this list: God’s presence. Let’s talk about it.
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