Exodus 33:11 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.  God spoke to Moses face to face, as two friends speak to each other.  Matthew Henry says this means that Moses saw God with a greater clarity, which was an encouragement to him.  Joshua remained in the tabernacle since Moses did not want to leave it empty.  When we accept Christ as our Savior and Lord today, we see God with a greater clarity than we have ever seen Him before.  God talks to us as to a friend.  Verse twelve states, And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.  Moses told God that He had called him to bring up the people, out of the land of Egypt, but that God had not told him who He would send with him.  Moses said that God had said that He knew Moses by name and that he had found grace in God's sight.  We may not know all the details when God calls us to a particular task today, but we can know that God knows us by name and that we have found grace in His sight if we have accepted Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Of course, this grace of God is available to all, but they must put their faith in Christ for it to apply to them.  Verse thirteen adds, Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.  Moses asked God to show him that he had found grace with God so that he could lead the nation of Israel as God's people.  We through our faith in Christ are shown that we have found grace in the sight of God, but we can only claim this grace for our self.  We can only point others to Christ.  Verse fourteen declares, And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.  God told Moses that He would go before him, and that because of that Moses would find rest.  This required Moses to go in faith.  Today as Christians, no matter where God leads us, He will go before us and we should rest assured in His presence when we are following Him.  Verse fifteen says,:And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.  Moses told God if God's presence was not to go with him, then he didn't want to go any farther.  We need to make sure that wherever we are that we are following God's will.  We cannot go ahead of God and still be successful in doing what He has called us to do.  Verse sixteen asks, For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.  Moses asked God how he could know that he and the people of Israel had found grace with God and would it be because they were separated from the rest of the people of the world.  We today can only know that we have found grace with God by faith in Christ, and when we accept salvation through Him, we are indeed separated from the world spiritually.  Verse seventeen declares, And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.  God said that He would still be with Moses and the people of Israel even though they had rebelled against Him.  We today as followers of Christ can be certain that God is still with us even if we do rebel against His will at times.  Verse eighteen adds, And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.  Moses asked for God to show him His glory.  I believe that Moses just wanted assurance that God was still going to be with him.  We today can rest assured that if we are a Cristian that God will always be with us, and we should need no sign to know it.  Verse nineteen proclaims, And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.  I believe that God was basically sayin that Moses would simply have to put his faith in God because of Who God is.  We today must do the same.  We cannot dictate to God who will be saved, but we can follow Him in faith when we are.  Verse twenty adds, And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.  Though we were told that Moses and God talked as friends, Moses was still not allowed to see God's face, and neither is anyone else in this lifetime.  Verse twenty-one states, And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:  Verse twenty-two adds, And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:  Then  verse twenty-three concludes, And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.  Like Moses, we can stand on the rock of salvation, but we can never see God in His entirety.  This will only occur when we are called home to heaven.