September 3, 2024
My dearly beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. On this day, the 3rd of September, it gives me great joy to meet you. May God bless you. As we wait for the auspicious word that God has given for you today, please take a moment with me and read Exodus 33:14, which says, “My Presence will go with you.”
My dear brothers and sisters, God looked at Moses and said, “My Presence will go with you.” Moses was determined that only when God goes before him, he would follow. Moses told the Lord, “Lord, if I must lead these thousands of people, I will not be able to do it with my own strength. If Your presence is not going before us, then please don’t let us move a step forward. We won’t move a step forward unless You come with us.” Only then did the Lord say, “My presence will go before you.” The Lord further said, “You go.” After this, Moses began to move forward.This is good advice for us to have a successful journey in our lives. For those children who say, “I have failed in my life, I have failed in my
business, I have failed in my ministry, I have failed in life,” this is a good counsel for success.
From now on, pray to the Lord that His presence should go before you. Be determined in this: that you will go only if the Lord goes before you. If not, you won’t go. When you say this, the Lord will remind you of all your sins or shortcomings, and He will tell you that He cannot come along with you. Then, after you correct yourself in everything, God will come with you, and then you will go, and the thing that you go for will be a success. I have taught this counsel to so many people—those who go for interviews, those who go to obtain visas to foreign countries. I tell them, “Take God with you when you go.” When you call upon the Lord, and if the Lord is not coming, then pray to the Lord to forgive you for any mistakes, and if the Lord forgives you, then He will go with you. So please take this good counsel wherever you go.
Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank You for speaking to us through this Mangala Vaarthai program, and for reminding us how important it is that Your presence goes with us. Thank You, Lord, for telling Your children that every day, when we go to different places, this counsel from You is the right thing to do, as it will renew our relationship with You. Lord, wherever they are going today, if You go before us, all the obstacles in our lives will be removed. Break the obstacles and work miracles in Jesus’ name, we pray.
Amen.
