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When we think of planning for a journey, usually the first thing we think about is - packing, whether it is packing a backpack for a summer hike, or a suitcase for a long trip, there are certain things we need to take along.
For a hike, we would pack a compass, and if it is a long trip, we would most likely take along a GPS system to guide us to where we need to go.

In the Biblical Scriptures, there is another kind of guidance needed for life's journey, and I call it the guidance of the God kind.

Our life's journey to eternity does not take a compass, nor the latest technology, it only takes a cloud by day and a fire by night, it is the very presence of God in one's life.

Numbers 9 : 15-23:

On the day the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it. From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire. That is how it continued to be; the cloud covered it, and at night it looked like fire. Whenever the cloud lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites set out; wherever the cloud settled, the Israelites encamped. At the LORD's command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a long time, the Israelites obeyed the LORD's order and did not set out. Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD's command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. At the LORD's command they encamped, and at the LORD's command they set out. They obeyed the LORD's order, in accordance with his command through Moses.

Found in the above Book of Numbers, the Israelites, at the Lord’s command - encamped, and at the Lord's command - set out.

Today, the Lord still guides in miraculous ways. The Book of Hebrews declares that God is still the same God that delivered the Israelites from Egypt's bondage.

Hebrews 13 : 8 NIV:

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

We are all on a journey.

When we lay down our own Will and ask for God’s Will to be done in our life, He will lead us, maybe even by a cloud by day and a fire by night, yes! He can still use a cloud by day and a fire by night to get you where He needs to get you.

When you do not know where to go or where to turn next, ask God to help you, in fact, I am sure that is what He is waiting for.

The Lord knows what is best for you.

Psalms 32 : 8 KJV:

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

Blessings,

Claudette Moss