FAITH CAPSULE: Obviously, the word of God is His way; His way is His presence.

Isaiah 55

To obey the presence of God is to obey the word of God.
Isaiah 55:11 records, “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”
The word of God is God.
The way of God is in His word.
The way of God is His presence.
God is true to His word.
Psalmist testified the word of God, “…For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.” (Psalm 138:2)
Moses, in His journey, asked God for His way, and God responded in His word saying “…My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14)
Obviously, the word of God is His way; His way is His presence.
When God speaks, none should disobey.
Obeying the word of God is what delivers the promises of God in His word.
However, turning away from the word of God that sounds in the direction of one is an act of disobedience that sets man up for self-destruction. Interestingly, the world is constantly violating the word of God consciously or unconsciously.
Violating the word of God is disobeying the word of God, which denies accessing the presence of God.
Are you in disobedience to the word of God?
Are you in the process of walking away from His presence?
There is no excuse to turn away from where God is turning one to. Walking in the word of God, which is His presence, does not result in pain but gain.
Jonah received the word of God but turned away from God to bring pain.
Jonah 1:2-3 records, “Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, ‘Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”  But Jonah arose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so, he paid the fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.”
Jonah disobeyed God when he rose as commanded.
The rising was in disobedience to God.
Is your rising in the opposite direction to the word of God?
In the presence of God, there is deliverance and preservation in the journey of life.
God promised Moses rest in His presence.
Obey the word of God to let His presence take charge in your life.

Prayer for today: Ask to be enabled to live in the presence of God all the days He has given you.