Written by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
You can practically do anything spiritual, physical,
intellectual, godly and legal when God is with you. God promised to be with
Isaac in Gerar and in spite of the famine in the land, Isaac planted precious
seed in a land afflicted by drought. He reaped bountiful harvests. Please read
Genesis Chapter 26. Additionally, Isaac survived the envy of the Philistines
against him. Despite claiming wells Isaac and his herdsmen had dug up as
theirs, the Presence of God in the life of Isaac directed him and his herdsmen
to where they could dig wells with water.
God promised to be with Moses when He commissioned
Moses to go ask Pharaoh to release the children of Israel from Egypt. Please
read Exodus Chapter 3 verses 1 to 12. When Moses complained about his inability
to speak eloquently, God promised to also be with the mouth of Moses; to
instruct him on what to say. And when Moses complained further, God promised to
be with both the mouths of Moses and Aaron, the older brother of Moses. Please
read Exodus Chapter 4 verses 10 to 16.
God was with Moses at all times in all of his
negotiations with Pharaoh. Please read Exodus Chapters 3 verse 12. That
explains why Moses scored many victories against Pharaoh. The awesome Presence
of God that was always with Moses and his brother Aaron paved the way for each
of the negotiations with Pharaoh.
Moses understood the power and essence of the
presence of God in both his life and the people of Israel. That explains why
Moses insisted on having the Presence of God go with them as they journeyed to
the Promised Land. Please read Exodus Chapters 13 verses 21 to 22 and 33 verses
12 to 17.
It is apparent that each time God commissions a
person to implement a divine assignment, God always promises to be with the
person. When Joshua was about to take on the seemingly oversized shoes of
Moses, God made the same promise of being with Moses with Joshua; promising
never to leave or forsake Joshua. Thus Joshua also enjoyed the presence of God
and because God was with Joshua, his fame spread throughout all the country.
Please read Joshua Chapter 1 verses 1 to 8, take note of verses 5, 9 and 17 as
well as 6 verse 27. Through the Presence
of God and the great power of God at work in the life of Joshua, Joshua and the
army of Israel slew kings, peoples and nations who were supposedly great and
dispossessed them of their lands and other possessions. Great nations like
Jericho, Ai and other nations in Canaan were overrun and dispossessed.
The Bible records in the Old Testament book of 2nd
Chronicles Chapter 15 verses 1 to 15
that the people flocked to King Asa (all Judah and Benjamin, Ephraim,
Manasseh and Simeon) because they saw that God was with Asa. The presence of
God in the life of Asa coupled with Asa’s commitment to serve God with all his
heart encouraged the people to turn wholeheartedly to God and when they did so,
the insecurity in the as well as the unceasing wars with their neighbors came
to an abrupt end. The Bible records that God gave them rest all around and
there was no war until the thirty fifth year of Asa’s reign.
If God is with you, people will flock to you in
large numbers and you will enjoy great peace and abundance as evidenced in the
life of King Asa and other Kings. However, for God to be with you, you also
have to be with God. How? Asa loved, trusted God and acted in tandem with the
commandments of God.
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