Exodus 33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. I cannot see that this choice of Moses, to walk in God's way, if but assured of God's presence, differs in anywise from the choice which that people was called on to make at that moment, and which God is ever pressing upon us all. In considering it in its broad human aspect, I observe — I. HERE ARE TWO WAYS ON WHICH THE CHOICE IS TO BE EXERCISED — TWO PATHS, WHICH VERY PLAINLY DIVERGE. It is the old, old choice — worldliness, godliness — duty, pleasure — God's will, self-will — the passions and appetites of the flesh or of the mind, the convictions of conscience and the Word of God. II. THE CRY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT FOR REST. The longing of man's spirit amid all these strifes, discords, and confusions, is for rest. Nothing can eradicate man's conviction that strife and discord have no right in the universe; that they are abnormal; that the normal condition of things and beings is harmony, and that harmony is the music of rest. God must rest — rest even in working; and all that is of God and from God has the longing and the tending to rest. III. THE DIVINE ASSURANCE WHICH WAS TO MOSES, AND SHOULD BE TO US, AN ALL-SUFFICIENT WARRANT TO LEAVE THE WORLD AND THE PLEASURES OF SIN AND COMMIT OURSELVES TO THE DESERT UNDER GOD'S GUIDANCE, AS THE PATH TO THE HEAVENLY REST. (J. B. Brown, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.WEB: He said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." |
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