What do you want from God? Come on now.... be honest. I know you want something. Maybe not right this second, and I know it's hard to admit because of pride, but all of us want something from God. After all, He is God. He can do anything. He knows everything. He is everywhere. With God all things are possible.
Do you know what God wants? He wants to be with us. The end of God's purpose for us is the dwell in the midst of His people.
Revelation 21:3-4 says, "And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
But in Exodus 33:3 the Lords says, "I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff necked people." So Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far away. The people would watch Moses come and go, but they did not go with him and God did not come into their midst.
This worried Moses because what he wanted most of all was the presence of God. Moses said in 33:15, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here," then Moses asked to see the glory of God.
Wow! It was all about God's presence.
So what do you want from God? Do you want His power or His presence?
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