Promise 91 from Exodus 34:29

Ex. 34:29 - "It came about when Moses was coming down from mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him." - I just love the transforming power of God's presence! I've heard about it more than seen it myself, of people seeing gold dust on their hands or faces during times of worship. A friend of mine has experienced it personally two times and myself once. There is no way that a person can stand in the glory of the Lord and not have some kind of physical response or manifestation from being in that presence. The weight of God's glory is incredible, it can throw grown men to the ground. In His presence during these times it is like an electrical current shooting into or through the body. It can cause involuntary verbal outbursts or can cause uncontrollable laughter. Personally, my body begins to rock when it senses Holy Spirit action and presence and I don't even notice I'm doing it. There is no limit to the the way our bodies can potentially manifest the incredible presence of the Holy Spirit while being in His glory through times of worship, prayer and adoration of our Heavenly Father. I love the fact that it is not the same for everyone, yet there is enough overlap that it can be recognized in others so we can equally rejoice in other's great God encountering times. No matter what type of physical manifestation people experience, the truth and promise is that God's glorious presence brings transformation.

Promise 90 from Exodus 34:27

Ex. 34:27 - "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel'." - God is true to His word! When He has asked those who wrote the various books in the Bible to write the words He told them, He was providing the visual "contract" if you will, of His covenant to those who read it and follow it. All of the promises in the Bible are to be considered a "done deal" by God, not just for dream goals. For example, take Jn. 8:12 "Then Jesus again spoke to them saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life." Here is a promise; If you accept the life Jesus gives you and follow Him, then you will have all that He shows you, He is light. You will have life, and life abundant (Jn. 10:10). So why in the world are there so many sad, unhappy, dreary, stressful, worrisome Christians (People who claim to be followers of Jesus)? Let me answer that, they don't embrace the promise. They hear it read or spoken to them, some even read it for themselves, but they don't make the connection that it is God's personal promise to them as an individual to accept and embrace. It's as if the Israelites said to Moses, "Moses, the words on these tablets don't apply to us because God just gave them to you." or "Moses, those words only apply to you, we aren't worthy to accept this covenant because we weren't allowed on the mountain, only you were." I would guess that over 90% of the reason why people don't accept and embrace the promises of God's word for themselves is because they do not feel as though they are worthy enough to accept them. And because they don't accept them they get offended, resentful or skeptical toward the 10% who do. Friends, God has so much more for you than you can ever imagine. He won't fulfill His promises to those who are not willing to accept them. He so longs for you to see what His Light desires to reveal to you. Ask for ALL of Him and you WILL have life abundant, you will be blown away when you realize what you've been missing.

Promise 89 from Exodus 34:23-24

Ex. 34:23-24 - "Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the Lord your God." - There is nothing that God will ask us to do that wont be protected by Him. He asks that 3 times a year all the males leave their wives and children to go meet with Him. This passage comes right in the middle of God telling Moses which holidays to celebrate. Three times a year the men are to take celebration holidays with God and leave their families behind in the meantime. God knows the risk in that and what would worry the hearts of man, so He addresses it straight away with a promise, 'No man will touch your families and not only that, I'll even enlarge your territory while you're away.' I'm sure it would be easier to understand if the men were called to leave their families as in to go into battle, but they aren't, God is calling them out to celebrate the great things He has done. How often do we purposefully set aside time just to celebrate the great things He has done in our lives? We don't have to worry about time lost while we take celebration retreats because not only will He protect our time, He will expand our territory. He will enlarge the territory of our hearts and also enlarge the territory of that for which we have claimed for His kingdom.

Promise 88 from Exodus 34:14

Exodus 34:14 - "For you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is 'Jealous', is a jealous God." - There are so many things that God can be jealous for in this world. If you see photos of the universe, He could be more jealous for that than us, or the beauty of the mountains, deserts, lakes, oceans and streams that He created, but no, He chooses to be jealous for US. He longs that we devote our attention and purposes to Him and for Him, because of His incredible love for us. The God of the Universe is jealous for those who follow Jesus. Now that is extravagant love!

Promise 87 from Exodus 34:10

Ex. 34:10 - "Then God said, 'Behold, I'm going to make a covenant before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing to perform with you.'" - The Israelites had already seen many miracles, some fun, like the parting of the Red Sea and others very scary, such as the deaths of all the first borns in Egypt. Yet the Lord is telling Moses that they, who live among him, will see even more great and scary miracles. There are two things that jump out to me about this verse, One; It is those who live in Moses's camp that will see the glorious work of the Lord. Those who stick to the anointed men and women of God, will see what they see. God said that He will perform the miracles "with" Moses, therefore Moses is going to be in the centre of God's movement and those who stick with Moses will be able to "watch the show." If we tell the Lord, "Have Your way with us, no matter what it looks like!" God WILL. But what He does in us will not only impact and transform us, but it will flow though us and out to those around us so that they too will be impacted and transformed. The second is; With God, there is ALWAYS more to come. He will always work in ways unique to Himself and those things are beyond our imagination. If we truly want to have all that He has to offer us, we must press into the more of Him. If we are willing to say, "Have your way with me today" we must not settle just for todays bread but should yearn for and hunger for tomorrows" as well. No matter how different the flavour will be.

Promise 86 from Exodus 34:6-7

Ex. 34:6-7 - "Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, 'The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness and truth; who keeps loving kindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting and the iniquities of fathers on the children and on the grand children to the third and fourth generations.'" - The Lord, Himself is proclaiming His own character. I love this! He is literally standing with Moses and chatting about His own character, He starts off saying, "I am compassionate, I am gracious, I don't get angry very easy, My love never runs out, I am truth, My kindness flows to all who deserve it, I forgive mistakes even those which were intentional." His love characteristics are proclaimed before the warning that He wont let the guilty free to continue what they are doing, He will punish them. So many people have his characteristics missed prioritised. They think He is the punisher first and then He is compassionate only after we have ourselves sorted out. The Lord wanted Moses to get this, it was important enough for Him to come down and face to face tell Moses that He loves him and his people, He has compassion on him and His people. Its no wonder Moses was wrecked and immediately fell on his face before the Lord. God's love should wreck us all, it should absolutely blow us away that the truth is; He is not ready to "get you" when you fall, He is not ashamed of you nor disgusted but delights in you during His gracious act of forgiveness. Thank you Lord!

Promise 85 from Exodus 33:22-23

Ex. 33:22-23 - "'And it will come about , while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the Rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen.'" - A while ago, though prayer, someone cautioned me, "Make sure you don't go before or ahead of the Lord, let Him take the lead." I love the picture of God's hand over us while His glory passes by and then seeing His back. When I see His back, I know He is leading my way, I know He is going before me, I know that I am on the right path and going the right direction. Even though He is in front of me, His hand is still on me. Only God can do that. He shelters us, He guides us, He directs us and He warms us with His love and adoration. That is our Almighty God!

Promise 84 from Exodus 33:21

Ex. 33:21 - "Then the Lord said, 'Behold there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock'." - The Lord calls us to His side and there is such a sense of security there. In this specific verse He isn't saying, I will lift you up or I will place you on the rock, but He is saying that I shall stand on the rock, a symbol of strength and security, which is right beside Him, Jesus is seated right beside the Almighty Heavenly Father. God says, come and stand on the Rock. The Rock is Jesus! There is our unfailing strength and security, in Jesus. I just need to heed God's call and come, to step forward to His side and then I need to step up on the Rock. Everything else is left to Him, He provides the strength and He provides the security. Thank you Lord!

Promise 83 from Exodus 33:19

Ex. 33:19 - "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, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion'." - God is just soooo good! I don't understand why we grow up with this image of God as a mean, sour-faced judge ready to toss down His gavel as soon as we do something wrong. Or as a God that we have to beg and plead for His attention., favour or grace and mercy. That is just so wrong! God is good, He delights to reveal His goodness to us, ALL of it. He Himself said that He would pour out His grace and compassion and He delights to bathe His children with it. I don't know about you, but my gracious and compassionate God has a big smile on His face. He dances over me and shouts for Joy. He laughs and makes me laugh. He also cries when I cry and when I do do something wrong, He is hugging me as I seek forgiveness and He is giving it. Let's break out of our experience box where we see Him as a harsh Judge and Master and draw into His loving arms as our Abba Daddy today!

Promise 82 from Exodus 33:17

Ex. 33:17 - "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.'" - Moses continued to press even further into God asking Him, "How will I know I have favour? If you will not go with us, don't send us out." Then God says those words that Moses was longing to hear. "You have found favor in My sight!" But not only that, God tells Moses why, "Because I have known you by name!" I just love that ! God didn't grant Moses favour because he pushed God's hand to say what he wanted Him to say, but He granted Moses favour simply because He knew Moses personally and intimately. He pours out His favour on us because He knows us personally by name, He knows us and He loves us and even likes us. Step into His favour today and you carry Him with you!

Promise 81 from Exodus 33:14

Ex. 33:14 - "And He said, 'My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest'." - Moses is pressing into the Lord and is longing to know God more and to have His favour. I think He was wanting to hear God tell him all His secrets and say "yes, Moses you have my favour." but God simply says, I'll be with you and give you rest." We learn the ways of the Lord, not from stressful striving, begging and pleading, but when we watch what He does from our place of rest. For those who are in Christ Jesus, He resides in us already so we already have His favour in His presence. Out of rest we can trust Him to show us more about Himself. His presence and rest are all we need to know Him more.