Ex 33:15-16, Ps 65:13, 1Joh 4:12-14
And Moses prayed; God, without your presence, don't take us from here. The Lord would accompany Israelites in the form of fire and cloud. However, for Christ's sake, we've got a different prayer. Jesus is the same pillar of cloud and the fire that guided the Israelites in the wilderness. This Jesus is embedded in us in the form of the Holy Spirit. Halleluyah.
Brethren, we pray in a different way ever since the Holy Spirit came to dwell in man; our prayers changed because the presence, which then comes as requested, now dwells in us in the form of the Holy spirit. So we don’t necessarily request the presence to go with us, instead, we pray knowing that Christ is already with us as he crowns our ins and outs with his goodness.
Confession:
Father God, thank you for placing Jesus in me. With Jesus fully in me via the Holy Spirit, I have access to the fire and the cloud that cools and warms me up from within when I feel the heat and the cold of life. I'm aware that you are fully and always with me and that you have crowned me with your goodness, Amen.
