FAITH CAPSULE: His word is His presence.

Exodus 33
 
As the children of the Most High God, the place for His children is up in the high and not in the low. God called Moses after having kept himself and the children of Israel in the low, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…” (Exodus 33:1) Indeed God wants to bring all of His children up and not low where there is no motion but stagnation. Moses, wanted to know the way of bringing the children of Israel up, and he called on God, “Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” (Exodus 33:13) Moses, by virtue of his asking, knew that knowing God is in knowing the way of God. God responded to Moses’ request, “And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14) The point here is that, the way of God is God, the presence of God is His way, and in the presence of God there is rest. What could a man desire in the journey of life? In every area of life the presence of God is all that matters and it is power to those that knows to obey and follow His word because in His word is His presence. Throughout the pages of the Bible, so many giants in the hand of God did not make it except with the presence of God. Joseph, a young slave in Egypt in the house of Potiphar, prevailed because, “The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.” (Genesis 39:2) Success could not avoid the slave boy Joseph because the Lord was with him. It was evident and Potiphar could see that the Lord was with Joseph. As a believer, every time you are set to be elevated by God, the enemy will set to offset what the Lord wants to do in your life. In the case of Joseph, the enemy cannot be more powerful because the presence of the Lord was with Joseph and it was visible enough for all who were around him to see. Is the Lord with you in all that you are doing? Every time the phrase“The Lord was with Joseph”was mentioned, there was mercy, favor, prosperity, success and authority in place in the life of Joseph. In the journey of life, when God is with you, no man can be against you.
 
Prayer for today: Ask for the word of God to reign and rule your life.