ENJOYING THE PRESENCE OF GOD
By Bro. Richard Yeoh
WORSHIP IS ENJOYING THE PRESENCE OF GOD – IT IS THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD’S GLORY AND HIS TANGIBLE PRESENCE WITHIN US.
ARE YOU EXPERIENCING HIS PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE? EXODUS 33:1-3
1. DIRECT DISOBEDIENCE
EXODUS 32:7-8 - “AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES, GO DOWN,FOR YOUR PEOPLE, WHOM YOU BROUGHT UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, HAVE CORRUPTED THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE TURNED ASIDE QUICKLY OUT OF THE WAY THAT I COMMANDED THEM. THEY HAVE MADE FOR THEMSELVES A GOLDEN CALF AND HAVE WORSHIPPED IT AND SACFRIFIED TO IT AND SAID ‘THESE ARE YOUR GODS, O ISRAEL, WHO BROUGHT YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT!’
WHEN WE WILLINGLY AND KNOWINGLY DISOBEY GOD, WE GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT (EPH 4:30)
WHEN WE GRIEVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE THEN QUENCH THE SPIRIT (1 THESS. 5:19)
2. DIVIDED DEVOTION
AN IDOL IS ANYTHING WE LOVE MORE, FEAR MORE, SERVE MORE AND TRUST
MORE THAN GOD.
EXODUS 32:4- AND HE RECEIVED THE GOLD FROM THEIR HAND AND FASHIONED IT WITH A GRAVING TOOL AND MAKE A GOLDEN CALF. AND THEY SAID, “THESE ARE YOUR GODS, O ISRAEL WHO BROUGHT YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT!”
3. DISPLACED DEPENDENCE
EXODUS 32:8 “…. ‘THESE ARE YOUR GODS, O ISRAEL, WHO BROUGHT YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT.’
OTHER DEPENDENCE: MAN, MONEY, POWER, INTELLECT, ETC
4. DETERMINED DEFIANCE
EXODUS 32:9 AND THE LORD SAID TO MOSES,”I HAVE SEEN THIS PEOPLE AND BEHOLD, IT IS
A STIFF-NECKED PEOPLE.”
STIFF-NECKED: OPPOSITE OF MEEK AND PLIABLE, HARDENED CLAY
CONCLUSION
MOSES DID NOT WANT TO GO WITHOUT THE LORD’S PRESENCE
EXODUS 33:15 AND HE SAID TO HIM,” IF YOUR PRESENCE WILL NOT GO WITH ME, DO
NOT BRING US UP FROM HERE.”
DON’T SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN GOD’S PRESENCE IN YOUR LIFE.
