In the Old Covenant, God said, "I will go BEFORE you." Thus, He sent forth His Spirit before His people. His presence was always ahead of them.
In the New Covenant, God said, "I am with you always." His Spirit now lives in us. His presence is always with us.
Thus, where we go, He goes. Because we carry His presence.
But in reality, it is not meant to be purely positional. It is meant to be experiential. His presence encompasses all of His promises (2 Cor 1:20; Gal 3:14).
Since the promised Spirit is received by grace through faith (Gal 3:14), it takes the same equation for every aspect of our lives where we need Him to show up and fulfill "I am with you always."
That is... Faith.
Where we go, He goes.
In other words, we have to step out first. That's faith. His presence follows faith.
We don't wait for God to move by Grace. He already did. Now He waits for us to move by Faith.
You need healing? You step out first.
You need finances? You step out first.
You need peace? You step out first.
You need deliverance? You step out first.
You need relationship to be restored? You step out first.
When you move in faith, God fulfills "I am with you always".
This is why Matt 28:20 comes after Matt 28:19. The passage says "AND behold, I am with you always..."
This means that God FOLLOWS after what we have acted in faith. This is the New Covenant equation.
Resting in God is not inactivity. It is faith-activity trusting that God will follow through with His Presence.
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