Choice Food for Pilgrims to Canaan

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

Exodus 33:14

And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.

I. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF THE DIVINE PRESENCE WHICH IS HERE PROMISED?

1. The acknowledgment of the people as being peculiarly the Lord's.

2. Preservation and protection.

3. Direction and guidance.

4. Real worship in the wilderness. What is bread, what is wine, and what is the table, if the King Himself be not there?

5. Communion with God. He is always ready for fellowship with His people.

II. WHAT ARE THE DEMANDS OF THIS PRESENCE ?

1. That we rely upon it. Away with fear and melancholy. Treat it as a matter of fact, and be filled with rest.

2. That we use it. Exercise faith in God.

3. Do not lose it. Oh, how reverently, cautiously, jealously, and holily ought we to behave ourselves in the presence of God!

4. Glorify Him all that you possibly can. Seek out those who have lost His company, and go and cheer them.

III. WHAT IS THE CHOICE BLESSING WHICH IS APPENDED TO THIS PRESENCE. "Best" — both now and hereafter.

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