In Exodus 33 we are given a conversation that toke place between Moses and GOD whom here is calls the Lord.
A conversation we can gather a lot of insight and good information about prayer.
Exodus 33:12-16
¶ Then Moses said to the LORD, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.’ “Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”
And He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. “For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?”
Exodus 33:17-20
¶ The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name.”
Then Moses said,
“I pray You, show me Your glory!”
And He said,
“I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.”
But the Lord said,
“You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!
the dialog:
Exodus 33:12-16
Moses said to the LORD,
“See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people!’ But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me.
Moreover, You have said, ‘I have known you by name,
and you have also found favor in My sight.’
{ first Moses stats back to the Lord what the Lord has said.
a conversation like we might have one with another,
talking no elaborate words just talking one with another.
that is what praying is, us talking with the Lord and the Lord talking with us.
Problem we seem to have is that we do not wait or take the time to listen to what the Lord has to say. }
“Now therefore, I pray You,
if I have found favor in Your sight,
let me know Your ways that I may know You,
so that I may find favor in Your sight.
Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”
{than Moses askes to know the ways of the Lord so that he may know the Lord and find favor in the sight of the Lord.
Through this conversation we can pick up that finding favor in the sight of the Lord can be increased by knowing the Lord, knowing not knowing of,
I believe Moses was very aware of this,
this is something that each of us should be asking of the Lord that we may know His ways so that we may know Him, and through knowing Him we live in a manor that is acceptable to Him.
By doing so we will grow in favor in the sight of the Lord.}
And the Lord said,
“My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Then Moses said to the Lord,
“If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here.
For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people?
Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?”
{{{ Moses was wise, not wanting to go forward unless the Lord went with Him.
How many times a day do we make choices without even considering if what we are doing is acceptable in the sight of the Lord much less that the presence of the Lord would even go with us.
If we are truly seeking the Lord we will be desiring to know Him and His ways, by knowing Him we can know how to live in the same manner He lives, (by keeping His commandments) We are to seek the face of the Lord
In Chronicles 16:11 we are told Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually.
1Chronicles 16:8-12
Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples.
Sing to Him, sing praises to Him;
Speak of all His wonders.
Glory in His holy name;
Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad.
Seek the LORD and His strength;
Seek His face continually.
Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done,
His marvels and the judgments from His mouth
2Chronicles 7:13-14
“If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Hosea 5:15
I the Lord will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
This is the path the Lord has taken me down,
I find it interesting that it led to this verse;
Let’s read it aging.
Hosea 5:15
I the Lord will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;
In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.
Hosea 6:1-3
¶ “Come, let us return to the LORD.
For He has torn us,
but He will heal us;
He has wounded us,
but He will bandage us.
He will revive us after two days;
He will raise us up on the third day,
That we may live before Him.
So let us know,
let us press on to know the LORD.
His going forth is as certain as the dawn;
And He will come to us like the rain,
Like the spring rain watering the earth.”
Side note::::
Want our country back?
Want the Lord to step in and heal our land?
Then do you part.
Turn or return to the Lord,
seek the Lord,
seek His face
seek His righteousness,
seek His will.
As His word says let us press on to know the Lord.
Let us seek His face continually. }}}
i am going to stop here for today.
Think about what you have read.
Are you truly seeking after the Lord and His ways?
Or just playing church?
Think your good deeds or our good thoughts will get you to heaven?
if so you are only fooling yourself.
you need to know the lord and His ways and then continually seek His face, continually seeking to obey His commandments.
out for now.