Exodus 33:17 “I will do
the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by
name.”
Moses asked that God’s
Presence would go with God’s people on their journey to the Promised Land. More,
Moses asked that if God would not journey with them, then please, God, do not let
us even begin this journey.
Whatever journey you are beginning
or about to resume after a pause or detour, make this big ask of God: ‘Let Your
Presence be my constant companion.’ The Presence guides, comforts, protects,
delivers. Even in our journey through death, the Presence ushers us home.
Why would God agree to your
request? Because God is pleased with you, perhaps for your obedient response to
God’s will, but certainly because of what
Jesus did for you on the Cross.
God knows you by name. Think on
that for a moment. You are no stranger to God. There are billions of people God
knows, and one of them is you.
Pause. Listen. Hear. The Presence
is calling you by name, inviting you to join the journey through darkness and into
light.
Fear not, friends. He knows
your name.
