“By day the LORD went
ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide…and by night in a pillar of fire to
give the light” Exodus 13:21.
Day after day how the enslaved Israelites must have dreamed
about the way things could have been…still could be…perhaps even will be. As they worked on the grounds of their brutal
masters, did they occasionally look to the skies praying for something
more? When they built fires to cook on
could they have ever imagined that God would use something so common to man to
show His presence? How many millions of
moments did they dare to dream when looking upon the clouds as they drifted
from their view? Eventually the very
things that were common to them were the elements God wrapped around His glory
to show His unwavering presence. Once
they had recognized these elements as God's indwelling, there was no question in their
minds whether Emanuel was with them.
We only have to look outside of our windows to see the
creation of the Lord and the splendor of His handiwork. If we are a believer, we have been indwelled
with the power of God through the Holy Spirit who has become our inner pillar
to guide us. God didn’t send His son to
save us only to hide His plan from us.
We have that inner Guide to lead us through our own wilderness and light
up the way to go. In addition to the Holy
Spirit, many times God uses His creation to speak to us and reveal His plans
for our lives. Like the Israelites, we
can look to creation to witness His presence.
The clouds were just clouds and the fire was just fire until the power
of its Creator was supernaturally infused with His creation.
‘God still wants to
make Himself fully known to us and does so by working through what He has
created. He can and will encourage us in
our journey by allowing, when He sees fit, His children to have visible
evidence of His working on our behalf…as we can expect miracles in our lives.’ One In A Million, p. 47.
We must be watchful in the common things to man to see
the uncommon glory of the Creator.
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