THE AMOUNT OF SACRIFICE DETERMINES THE LEVEL OF HIS PRESENCE YOU HAVE

1. “So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend....
2. Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people.' But you have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.'
3. Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”
4. AND HE SAID, “MY PRESENCE WILL GO WITH YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”
5. Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.”
   Exodus 33:11,13-15 (NKJV)

• In the above Bible passage we could see the cordiality in the relationship between Moses and God.
IT was a pleasant and friendly relationship, Moses talked freely with God, ask whatever in his mind.

• If that happened in the Old Testament, then God wants it happens in the New Testament as well, because we have a better covenant which was established on better promises (Hebrews 7:22; 8:6).
• God wants every believer in Christ Jesus to walk with Him in cordiality, and fellowship: "But the hour is coming, and now is, WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him" (John 4:23).
• In your relationship with God: when you choose to do what others could not do in order to see God or please Him—He will reveal Himself to you.
• You will carry His Presence, when you are ready to go the extra mile in seeking Him and pleasing Him.

1. "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, for they shall be filled.
2. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART, FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."
   Matthew 5:6,8 (NKJV)

• God reveals, manifests Himself to those who seek Him diligently and passionately.

"But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, FOR WHOEVER COMES [near] TO GOD MUST [necessarily] BELIEVE THAT GOD EXISTS AND THAT HE REWARDS THOSE WHO [earnestly and diligently] SEEK HIM."
Hebrews 11:6 (Amp.)

• Those who are ready to sacrifice their time, comfort, or material things in order to see Him and please Him.
  THOSE who are willing to tarry in His Presence.
  THOSE who are ready to go to a solitary place, a secluded place, to SEEK Him.

• Sacrifice is a major prerequisite in carrying God’s Presence.

• You cannot get God in the midst of crowd.
  GOD'S Presence is gotten in a lonely place, a solitary place—when you separate yourself to seek Him.
• Even Jesus in His earthly ministry always went to solitary places to pray and seek the face of God the Father. THERE was a close ties between Him and God.

"Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, HE [Jesus] WENT OUT AND DEPARTED TO A SOLITARY [deserted] PLACE; AND THERE HE PRAYED."
Mark 1:35 (NKJV)

"SO HE HIMSELF OFTEN WITHDREW INTO THE WILDERNESS and prayed."
Luke 5:16 (NKJV)

"NOW IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE DAYS THAT HE WENT OUT TO MOUNTAIN 🗻 TO PRAY, and continue all night in prayer to God."
Luke 6:12 (NKJV)

• God is close to us and at the same time He is far to us.
  HE wants us to SEEK for Him, He would not reveal Himself to you without you seeking Him (Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9).
• God releases power, anointing in measure.
  IT is only Jesus who had the anointing without measure: "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure" (John 3:34).
• The anointing on Him was without measure because there was a close ties between Him and God the Father: "I and My Father are One" (John 10:30).
• Some seek for the anointing, you may not need that, the Presence of God in your life makes the anointing readily available.
  GOD'S Presence with Moses made God's power or the anointing on him heavy and visible; his face shines like that of angels (Exodus 34:30).
• Thus your level of passion for Him, the sacrifice you are willing to make, determines the level of His Presence and the measure of the anointing you carry.

• What has seeking God cost you?

• Seeking God must cost you things that you value—things that are important to you.
  SEEKING God may cost you your comfort.
  IT may cost you your money.
  IT may also cost you some relationship.
  YOU may need to break your relationship with some people who will not help you in your quest to know God the more.

• Staying in the Presence of God to pray, study and meditate in the Word for an extended period of time, moves God.
GOD is moved by sacrifice.
YOUR sacrificial living makes you a candidate for the anointing, miracles and blessings.

1. "SO HE [Moses] WAS THERE WITH THE LORD FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS; HE NEITHER ATE BREAD 🍞 NOR DRANK WATER 💦. And He [God] wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments.
2. Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai... THAT MOSES DID NOT KNOW THAT THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE WHILE HE TALKED WITH HIM [God].
3. So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, THE SKIN OF HIS FACE SHONE, AND THEY WERE AFRAID TO COME NEAR HIM."
   Exodus 34:28-30 (NKJV)

• Pay the necessary price in order to have His Presence in your life.

• His Presence in your life and ministry makes the difference.

• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
Peace!