Promise 64 from Exodus 24:1, 10a., 11b.

Ex. 24:1, 10a., 11b. - "Then He said to Moses, 'Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance'... and they saw the God of Israel.... and they saw God, and they ate and drank." God invites us to draw close to Him and worship. God sent an invitation to Moses, Aaron and 72 others to draw closer to Him, yet the instructions are to worship Him at a distance. this seems odd, yet it is the exact message God wants to convey to us. Often times, when we feel distant from God, worshipping Him is the last and sometimes the hardest thing we do. We can feel distant from God in the midst of very difficult trials, or because of sin or shame of sin, or because we tie ourselves to a busy daily schedule where we leave attention to God as left-overs of our time. God is saying to us, "In your distance, worship Me!" It is through making the choice to worship Him that we are drawn closer to Him. We become more and more intimate with Him the more we engage in personal worship with Him. Those 74 men ate and drank together with God. He drew them into a special communion with Him. When we eat and drink of God in worship, we will find ourselves eating and drinking with Him in intimacy. Make that choice to worship in your distance today!