On The Move

“When the camp is to move…the bread that is continually there is to remain on it…They must not touch the holy things…” Numbers 4:5, 7b, 15

Bruce and I are pushing up against the one year mark of uncertainty in one area of our lives.  It has been primarily Bruce’s tough journey with me just walking hand in hand beside him.  God definitely began moving the camp last November.  We knew immediately that we would only get through this wilderness through God’s provisions and grace…‘the Bread that would continually be there for us and would remain faithful.’ There were times we wanted to take matters into our own hands, but like God’s instructions for the Korahites in the wilderness we had to respect God’s plan for us.  We had to keep our hands off of the holy things…the things God has purposed for us in this season…this journey… this pilgrimage. 

There will always be uncertain times for every pilgrim as we make our way across the desert and into the gates of Heaven.  When our camps are on the move…moving through medical challenges…moving through job change…moving through a tough marital season…moving through financial leanness… the Bread will continually be there.  We must allow God’s provisions and will to remain at the center of our move.  In the Bible when the ark threatened to topple over, Uzzah reached out to steady it, going against God's command to never touch the ark being transported.  (2 Samuel 6:6)  We cannot try to ‘steady the ark’ by reaching out and altering God’s plan with our human reasoning.  ‘The man full of light and intelligence discerns that God steadies his own ark, dictates his own affairs, guides his people, controls his kingdom, governs nations, and holds the hearts of all living in his hands, and turns them hither and thither at his pleasure... There is not the least danger of disagreeing with persons enjoying the Holy Spirit.’ (Discourses of Brigham Young, p.231)

So I ask all of us this morning in our individual circumstances, are we steadying the ark or are we enjoying the Holy Spirit?  Take encouragement in the truth that the Bread will always be there in all seasons and will remain faithful in our journeys.