A Thought on Numbers
While reading in Numbers this morning I came to Numbers 9:15-23. This is where the Bible talks about the cloud that is the presence of God that was above the Tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
God’s word tells us that the cloud would hover above the Tabernacle and when it stayed there the Israelites stayed camping in the same place. But, when the cloud lifted the people would pack up camp and march out following the presence of God.
The Israelites were literally following God in the wilderness, they knew if they were where God wanted them by following a cloud. How, I wish and long for God’s presence, His cloud to guide me through life. I wonder how life would be different if I had a visible cloud to follow through life.
I know that God’s Holy Spirit lives in me, that it gives me wisdom and guidance. I know that the Holy Spirit guides me and prompts me throughout the day. But come on, a visible cloud top follow would be so much easier, so much simpler, wouldn’t it? I don’t really know if it would, the Israelites rebelled and wandered for 40 years in the desert, so maybe not.
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