God, I Need You Every Day!

Exodus 20:18, “And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. 21 And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.”

When God invited Moses to meet with Him at the top of Mt. Sinai, his life was changed forever. He came as close to God as any man can and still live. Most importantly, he received direction from God. God instructed him in His law of life. “If you will obey me and keep my commandments, I will be your God and you will be my people.” Not only did God reveal His law but He revealed Himself through His law and His Presence. The mountain was as though it was on fire with smoke rising and thunder and lightning. It was such a sight that the Israelites were afraid and moved back from the base of the mountain. God revealed Himself in the awesomeness of His Presence and the revelation of His law. God wrote His law in tables of stone and had it delivered by His chosen servant to His chosen people. The people were so moved by the awesomeness of God’s presence that they overwhelmingly accepted God’s law. 

The children of God now had God to lead, guide and protect them. And they had His law to live by. You would think that everything would be great, right? No, not really! The Israelites had a short memory. They would forget about the awesomeness of God’s presence which affected their observance of His law. That’s where the disruptions in their lives came about.

Today, as Christians, we need to walk in the awesomeness of Christ’s presence. We need the ever-abiding presence of the Holy Spirit to be manifest in our lives daily. The further the Israelites traveled away from Sinai, the further they moved from His awesomeness. What about the pillar of the cloud and pillar of fire and manna every day? They became common occurrences and were taken for granted. 

We are no different! The further we move away from an awesome encounter with the Lord, the less attention we give Him and His commission to us. We tend to take for granted the everyday blessings. But if we walk in a continued awareness of His presence, we can see Him in everything. Everyday occurrences are blessings. Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” God, I Need You Every Day!