God will not withhold any good thing from you. Because you are His beloved child, and He is your good heavenly Father, He gives you every good thing! He gives you good health, He gives you good providence, He gives you good talents, He gives you spiritual gifts, He gives you wisdom, He gives you 'open doors', He gives you breakthroughs, in short, He gives all! In fact, He even gave His only begotten Son, Jesus to die for you, so that you may have everlasting life! (John 3:16)
Psalm 84:11 says God is both your 'sun' and your 'shield'. The word ‘sun’ is ‘shemesh’ in Hebrew, which means ‘brilliance, glory, ray.’ The word ‘shield’ is ‘magen’ in Hebrew, which means ‘defense, protector, covering.’ So, God is your 'brilliance, glory, ray', and He is also your 'defense, protector, covering.' The psalmist wrote God will give grace and glory. The ‘sun’ is a picture of God’s glory, while the ‘shield’ is a picture of God’s grace. Beloved, God wants you to experience both!
Let’s cross refer now to Exodus 33:18. Moses asked God to show him His glory. But there was a problem there. Moses, human and sinner as he was, would surely die when faced with God's glory (Exodus 33:20). God's glory is God's very presence, His holy presence. He is perfectly holy, and would never condone sin. But instead of saying 'no', God said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock. So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by". You see, God made a way for Moses. God did not withhold. Such was God's love for Moses! So, He put Moses in the cleft of the rock, and as His glory passed by, His hand covered him. The ‘rock’ here is a ‘typology’ of Jesus. He is our Rock and our Fortress (Psalm 18:2). The word ‘cleft’ here means ‘cracked, broken’. So, the cleft of the rock here is a picture of Jesus Christ being ‘cracked, broken’ on the cross in order to cover you from the judgment for your sins. Jesus is your covering. This is grace!
God also said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassionon whom I will have compassion (Exodus 33:19). Notice the sentence 'I will proclaim the name of the Lord' here. It simply means 'God will manifest His character'. A 'name' always carries a 'character', and God's foremost character is ‘love’. God is love (1 John 4:16), and the first fruit of His Spirit is also ‘love’ (Galatians 5:22). So, God manifested His goodness, His love, His grace, and His compassion to Moses. Today, He is also manifesting His goodness, His love, His grace, and His compassion to you!
Beloved, just as God did not withhold any good thing from Moses, He will also not withhold any good thing from you. He will even make a way for you. Receive His goodness, His love, His grace, and His compassion today. You can, because of what Jesus has done for you on the cross, once and for all.
