Isaiah 4:5-6.
"And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain."
It's the cloud by day and the fire by night, the presence of God in the lives of the people of Zion. It struck me during Sunday School this week that this sign of protection and leadership, this sign of God's love, is not just available to the Children of Israel during their wanderings in the wilderness as they learn what they need to learn in preparation for living in the Promised Land. It's not just available to the Brother of Jared and his friends & family while they travel through the wilderness to the Promised Land.
It's available to me, to my family, as we follow our path through the wilderness of our lives.
That's what jumped out at me. I can just see it in my mind's eye - the tangible presence of God there on top of my house. What a blessing. God loves us. Individually. He cares for us through our day-to-day trials.
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