40 Days of Prayer Day 9

Responding to a Desire to Meet With God
The Day 9 - Monday, September 9

His Word
"The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent" (Joshua 33:11).

Thoughts on His Word
Joshua refused to leave the tabernacle. God had been there speaking face to face with Moses, and the glory that Joshua sensed in that place drew him.
Up to this point, he had been following Moses, but something about the presence of the Lord attracted him. In the verse above it appears Joshua thought, I am not going to leave this place of God's presence. I want to be where God is.
Moses had taught him that the glory came after spending time with God. He had been privileged to see Moses experience times of intimate fellowship with God. During those times, Joshua began developing a longing for the glory he saw on Moses. Perhaps a hunger was being borne in him for a personal visitation of God.
Do you sometimes feel a longing to be in God's presence? Have you been challenged to make prayer a more significant part of your life when you've observed someone who has the peace and confidence that comes from having been alone with God?
Sometimes the Holy Spirit gives a gentle prompting, a desire to be in God's presence. Martyn Lloyd-Jones cautions, "Always respond to every impulse to pray. I would make an absolute law of this--always obey such an impulse."
Joshua lingered at the Tent of Meeting where God had promised, "There I will meet you and speak to you" (Exodus 29:43).

Come to the Fire Prayer Request
Give thanks for every time you feel drawn by the Spirit to pray. Please pray that every speaker and musician involved in the conference will see the necessity of spending much time in the "Tent of Meeting"--the place where God promises to meet and to speak to us.