Exodus 33:12 - 17 14 My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
1. The Timing Of God's Promise - Moses was:-
(a) A Disappointed Man - Peoples Sin
Ex 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
(b) A Discouraged Man - 33:2 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.
(c) A Disturbed Man - 12 And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
(a) The Task 12 Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people:
(b) The Test 12 and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me
(c) The Thirst 13 Shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight
2. The Telling Of God's promise
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
(a) The Character Of Companionship - My presence shall go with thee,
(b) The Certainty Of Companionship - My presence shall go with thee
(c) The Clarity Of Companionship - My presence shall go with thee, "I, Myself"
(d) The Cheer Of Companionship - My presence shall go with thee "My Face"
(e) The Calm Of Companionship - and I will give thee rest. - 1. After Toil, 2 In Toil
3. The Testing Of God's promise
14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
(a) In Enmity - The Fierceness Of The Fire
Isa 43:1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned;
neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour:
(b) In Animosity - The Forgetfulness Of Friends
Psalm 27:10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
(c) In Activity - The Force Of The Fight -
God's Presence :-
1. Protects In Danger
2. Guides In Doubt (Pillar Of Cloud and Fire)
3. Sustains In Difficulty
4. Comforts In Death - Wesley "The Best Of All is, God is with us"
5. Aids In Distress
