Do you ever have moments in your life when you feel that God must have decided somehow not to be on speaking terms with you anymore? Maybe you haven’t seen him answer your prayers for some time, or perhaps you haven’t sensed his presence in your life for a while. For some reason, you have been led to wonder if he’s giving you a cold shoulder. You begin to think that he has stopped talking with you altogether.

If you can say that such a thought has crossed your mind, then you can probably identify with the dilemma faced by God’s people in the story recorded in Exodus 33. They had to contend with God’s silent treatment when he stopped talking with them. After what they had done, we really can’t blame God for distancing himself from them. They had insulted him and the covenant he had made wi…