The verse for today: Exodus 33:15 — “Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.”
Are you using all of your resources? Moses didn't want to go unless God's presence went with him. Here's why: A story is told of a boy who was trying to move a boulder. His father asked him if he was using all of his strength. His son said, “yes,” but when he tried even harder he still couldn’t budge the rock. His father asked him again if he was using all of his strength and his son said, “Yes.” Then his father said, “No, you’re not. You haven’t asked me.”
During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the members clashed over their local interests until Benjamin Franklin offered his appeal for divine intervention.
He stood and said, “I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth - that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid? We have been assured, Sir, in the sacred writings, that “except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without his concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the Builders of Babel: We shall be divided by our little partial local
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