Skip to main content

The cloud is moving .....

Image
By
Exodus 13: 21-22 "The Lord was going before them (Hebrews) in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people"

The Hebrews (Jews) were guided by the pillar of cloud in the day and by the pillar of fire in the night after they came out of Egypt. When the cloud moved, they moved and when the cloud stopped, they also stopped & pitched their tents. It sounds wonderful, isn't it? But think further....

Just imagine a Hebrew family was coming to rest after a long journey during which the cloud had been moving on before them. It stopped. The family also stopped and began unpacking. Dinner was prepared and eaten. Just as the family was preparing to settle down for the night, someone called out over the camp, "The cloud is moving.". The family looked up, sure enough the cloud was moving and reluctantly they struck camp.

(The above is adapted from one of my BSF studies).

Isn't this experience very similar to our experience? When God orders interruption into our lives, we dislike it. He moves and stops when we least expected it. We also do not like God's unexpected and unexplained leading, we want our lives to be predictable, we love comfort zone. I have been there for years, God is very patience with me but I cannot take it for granted.

However, His ways are higher than our ways, all these are meant for our discipline. It is by this discipline, that strong character is formed. Let's be encouraged!!
Labels:

Comments

  1. jean fongJuly 9, 2009 at 4:03 AM

    This is really a test of obedience.Now the Holy Spirit is with us always - speaking in His still small voice.But do we always hear His voice? Or worse, suppress His voice? So,let's be still and know that He is God

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

New lawyer Darren Tan once spent 10 years in jail PUBLISHED IN ST ON AUG 25, 2014 11:47 AM

By
I love to hear testimonies of God's transforming works in a person's life.  It encourages me & I hope when I post it here, it encourages you too!    Mr Darren Tan with his proud parents - Mr Tan Chon Kiat and Madam Ong Ai Hock. The new lawyer changed the course of his life while he was behind bars.  BY CHANG AI-LIEN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Darren Tan, 35, is finally a full-fledged lawyer. He reached that milestone yesterday when he was called to the Bar during a mass ceremony at Nanyang Technological University. It was a far cry from his shaky start in life when drugs and gang activities led to over 10 years behind bars and 19 strokes of the cane. "This is the culmination of what I've been working towards for the last 10 years," he told The Sunday Times. "It's like waking up from a dream and finding out your dream has become reality." His life of crime began at the age of 14, and he was in and out of prison for offences that ...
Post a Comment
Read more

A eagle story

By
Got this story from an email and find it very meaningful. Please read on ... There is a story about a little eagle that fell out of its nest and landed in a turkey farm. The eagle grew up among the turkeys and, although he looked a bit different, he learned to waddle like a turkey, bob his head like a turkey, and act like a turkey. One day the young eagle looked up into the sky and saw a beautiful eagle soaring above. The little eagle in the turkey yard thought, Oh, I would love to be able to do that! As the eagle soared overhead, it looked down and saw the young eagle below. Suddenly it swooped down to the ground and asked, "What are you doing here?" The little eagle replied, "I am just here in the turkey yard where I have always been." The great eagle looked and said, "Spread your wings, boy. You do just what I do. Follow me." Then he flapped his wings and lifted off the ground. The young eagle tried it, too. "Wheeee! This is all right!" "...
Post a Comment
Read more

Loving one another

By
1 John 4:20b. .. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. The above verse is a very good reminder.   We need to love not only in words but in deeds. Just visited a brother who was sick.  He could not come for the church meeting as his sickness has handicapped him.  But praise God, I saw the love of the brothers and sisters who take turn to care for him.  To fetch him to the meeting hall and also to read the bible with him.  By so doing, they have strengthened his faith. 1 John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. I have read from a blog on how to care for one another: First Thing Is Prayer If you really love your neighbor, the first thing you will do is pray for them. As a human you are li...
Post a Comment
Read more