“Yehovah said, ‘My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’ Then Moses said to Him, ‘If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here’” (Exodus 33:14-15).
Moses knew it was Yehovah’s presence among them that set them apart from all other nations. The same is true of Yehovah’s people today. The only thing that sets us apart from non-believers is Yehovah’s indwelling presence, He is “with us,” leading us, guiding us, working His will in and through us. His presence drives out fear and confusion. Indeed, His indwelling presence helps us to develop the perfect love that "casts out fear" (1 John 4:18)
Moses’ attitude was essentially: “We operate on one principle alone. The only way for us to be guided and survive in these times is to have Yehovah's presence with us. When his presence is in our midst no one can destroy us. But without His indwelling presence we are helpless, reduced to nothing. Let all the nations of the world trust in their mighty armies, and skilled soldiers. We will trust in the presence of Yehovah.”
Consider King Asa, the man who led Yehovah's people to a miraculous victory over Ethiopia’s million-man army. He testified it was Yehovah’s presence that had scattered the enemy: “Asa cried out to Yehovah, and said, ‘Yehovah, it is nothing for you to help, whether with many or with those who have no power; help us … for we rest on you, and in your name - Yehovah we go against this multitude … So Yehovah struck the Ethiopians before Asa” (2 Chronicles 14:11-12).
As Asa led his triumphant army back to Jerusalem, the prophet Azariah met him at the city gate with this message: “and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: Yehovah is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you. For many days Israel was without the true God -Yehovah and without a teaching priest and without the Law. But in their distress they turned to Yehovah Elohim - God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him.” (2 Chronicles 15:2-4). Yehovah reminded Asa in no uncertain terms: “Asa, it was my presence that got you this victory and don’t you ever forget it.”
I cannot imagine how unbelievers can know any peace whatsoever in these perilous times without the presence and assurance of Yehovah and His uniquely begotten son Jesus - Yehoshua. Fear and anguish now hang over humankind like a black cloud. Thank Yehovah for the nearness and closeness of Himself and His son Jesus - Yehoshua in this awful hour. They both rejoices over you and will walk with you through everything.
John 14:23: Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him.
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