Date: Wednesday, 31st December 2025
Text: Exodus 33:14-15
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
You can’t afford to enter the New Year alone. You need the Presence of the One who knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10). Only His Presence can straighten crooked paths, silence unseen battles, and make your journey into 2026 fruitful and successful (Isaiah 45:2).
Moses understood this truth clearly on the journey to the Promised Land. He cried to the Lord, “If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence” (Exodus 33:15). Moses knew that progress without God’s Presence is dangerous, and arrival without God is failure. God reassured him saying, “My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest” (Exodus 33:14). Rest is the reward of divine companionship.
The Presence of the Lord was with Jacob in Laban’s house, and even an idol worshipper prospered because of it (Genesis 30:27). This same grace followed Joseph. Scripture records repeatedly that “the Lord was with Joseph” (Genesis 39:2, 21). As a slave and as a prisoner, God’s Presence made him a carrier of favour, so much so that Potiphar’s house was blessed because of Joseph (Genesis 39:5).
As you step into the New Year, may the Presence of God go with you. May He surround you with favour as with a shield (Psalm 5:12). Where others struggle, may His Presence make the difference for you. Where doors are shut, may His Presence open them. Where journeys are uncertain, may His Presence secure your steps (Psalm 37:23). Let us pray.
Prayer Nuggets:
- Father, I thank You for Your abiding Presence that has preserved me throughout 2025..
- Father, as I enter 2026, do not let me take a single step without Your Presence going with me.
- O God, please, go ahead of me in the New Year and straighten every crooked path before me in Jesus name.
- Let Your Presence bring rest to my soul, peace to my home, and stability to my destiny in 2026.
- By Your Presence, let favour accompany me everywhere I go, even in unfamiliar territories in Jesus name.
- Lord, make me a carrier of your tremendous blessing in 2026; let others be blessed because You are with me.
- Father, let Your Presence distinguish me for good and cause me to finish strong in the coming year in Jesus name.
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