draw near: passion for his presence. believers of any age can be divided into two groups:

DRAW NEAR: PASSION FOR HIS

PRESENCE

Believers of any age can be divided into two

groups:

►those who seek God for what He can DO for

them

►those who seek God for WHO He is.

I. ISRAEL’SEXAMPLE

Exodus 14:11-12 “Because there were now graves in Egypt,

have you taken us away to die in the

wilderness? Why have

you so dealt with us, to bring us up out of

Egypt? Is this not the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, ‘Let us

alone that we may

serve the Egyptians?’ For it would have been

better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we

should die in the wilderness.”

Exodus 16:3 “Oh, that we had died by the

hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat

and when we ate

bread to the full! For you have brought us

out into this wilderness to kill this whole

assembly with hunger.

II. MOSES’ EXAMPLE

Exodus 33:1-3- “Now that you have brought

these people out of Egypt, lead them to the

land I solemnly promised Abraham,

Isaac and Jacob. I told them long ago that I

would give this land to their descendants. And I will send an angel before

you to drive out the

Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites,

Hivites and Jebusites. Theirs is a land flowing

with milk and honey. But

I will not travel along with you, for you are a

stubborn, unruly people. If I did, I would be

tempted to destroy you along the way.”

Exodus 33:15-16- “If Your presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me

and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

III. TO DRAW NEAR TO GOD WE MUST BE

LIKE MOSES.

Psalm 100:5“For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.”