Exodus 33:14“And he (God) said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he (Moses) said unto him (God) If they presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.” (Italics added for clarity) The Israelites have just gone through a difficult time of their own making. Moses had gone up the mountain to receive the law and the impatient people of God took matters into their own hands. (As we all can be tempted to do) Then God confronts their sin clearly and forcefully. Now it’s time to move on toward the promised land. To encourage and empower his people God gives them the promise of His presence. It is the promise each of God’s children desperately need to have and need to practically apply. Today, let all of us who have trusted Christ as our Savior rest in the fullness of our forgiveness and the resulting indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Then let us respond in obedience to the Spirit’s leading through God’s word and within God’s will. Let us live each day with an abiding consciousness and obedient response to God’s presence.