THE ULTIMATE NEED
THE LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
DATE: Wednesday, 19th August, 2026
[World Humanitarian Day]
TOPIC: THE ULTIMATE NEED
MEMORISE: For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So, we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth (Exodus 33:16).
READ: Exodus 33:1-6, 12-19
[1]. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’
[2]. And I will send My Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.
[3]. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
[4]. And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.
[5]. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’”
[6]. So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
[12]. 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.’
[13]. 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.”
[14]. And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
[15]. Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.
[16]. For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”
[17]. So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
[18]. And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
[19]. Then He 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 compassion on whom I will have compassion.”
EXPOSITION
On this World Humanitarian Day, we are reminded of humanity’s greatest need: God’s presence. In Exodus 33, Moses was faced with a heartbreaking situation. After the Israelites sinned by worshipping the golden calf, God told Moses to lead them to the Promised Land but made it clear that He wouldn’t go with them. The people were devastated, understanding that blessings were meaningless without God’s presence.
Moses boldly interceded on behalf of the people saying to God, If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here (Exod. 33:15). Moses recognized that God’s presence is the only source of true rest, fulfilment, and peace. In response, God graciously promised, My Presence will go with you and I will give you rest (v. 14). Moses then asked to see God’s glory, and God revealed His nature as compassionate merciful, and faithful.
This passage invites us to examine our own priorities. Do we often chase blessings and solutions while forgetting the importance of seeking God Himself? Without His presence, achievements and victories are empty. Let us long for His presence daily, trusting that in Him, we find everything we truly need.
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PRAYER POINTS
1. Thank You Lord, for showing us that without You, our lives are empty.
2. Father, let Your presence remain with me always.
3. Pray for more of God’s power and presence in CAC Latunde Region, in the life of our father, the Regional Superintendent, other officers and members at various levels, in Jesus’ name.
SUGGESTED HYMN FOR TODAY:
CACGHB: 377
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1. Spirit divine, attend our prayers
And make this house Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious pow’rs;
O come, great Spirit come!
2. Come as the light: to us reveal
Our emptiness and woe;
And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.
3. Come as the fire, and purge our hearts
Like sacrificial flame;
Let our whole soul an offering be
To our Redeemer’s name.
4. Come as the dew, and sweetly bless
This consecrated hour;
May barrenness rejoice to own
Thy fertilizing pow’r.
5. Come as the dove, and spread
Thy wings,
The wings of peaceful love;
And let Thy Church on earth become
Blest as the Church above.
6. Spirit divine, attend our prayers;
Make a lost world Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious pow’rs;
O come, great Spirit, come.
Amen.
EXTRA READING FOR TODAY:
Isaiah 60-62
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CAC Worldwide.
Remain Blessed.
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