Then Moses said to him, \u201cIf Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from \u00a0here\u2026..\u201d\u00a0Exodus 33:15<\/p>\n
What a needed and solemn petition!<\/p>\n
God\u2019s presence, going with us! Such is the response of every true God fearing, Christ\u00a0 loving heart. The believer has learned to understand the nature of God\u2019s favour, to know the value of His presence, to test the wisdom of His guidance, and to experience the blessedness of the light of His countenance. And now, the one desire and prayer of his heart is, \u201cLet Your presence go with me. Let it accompany me in all the chequered, changeful history of this year. May Your Presence\u2026.
\ncounsel me in difficulty, soothe me in sickness, cheer me in solitude, keep me in danger, shield me in temptation, strengthen me in service, sustain me in suffering, and deliver me from evil.\u201d<\/p>\n
Let, then, the accompanying presence of God be the intense desire of your heart, and the principal
\nelement of your Christian experience. \u00a0God\u2019s conscious comforting presence has been the experience and the solace of His people in all ages and in all circumstances. David felt it in the cave.
\nDaniel in the lion\u2019s den. \u00a0Jeremiah in the dungeon. \u00a0Jonah in the whale\u2019s belly. \u00a0Paul and Silas in the Philippian jail, and John on the Island of Patmos. And why not you, O child beloved of God, in all the varied journeyings and trials and circumstances of your history? Earnestly covet this blessing: the sensible presence of God throughout your personal history.<\/p>\n
Realize that, whatever the varied incidents and afflictions in your experience may be, you are not
\nalone, because your Father is with you. Live as in His continual atmosphere. His presence is promised, His help is pledged. \u201cLo! I am with you always.\u201d
\nAspire after the Psalmist\u2019s enviable experience: \u201cI am continually with You. You have held me
\nby my right hand. You shall guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.\u201d
\nOur safety alone is in nearness to the cross; is in walking in close communion with God, in the holy,
\nfilial, happy enjoyment of His encircling presence.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Octavius Winslow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Then Moses said to him, \u201cIf Your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from \u00a0here\u2026..\u201d\u00a0Exodus 33:15 What a needed and solemn petition! God\u2019s presence, going with us! Such is the response of every true God fearing, Christ\u00a0 loving heart. The believer has learned to understand the nature of God\u2019s favour, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-author-octavius-winslow","category-believers-assurance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1333,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shoalhavengospelchurch.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}