Then I said to you, ‘Do not be in dread or afraid of them. The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes, and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ Yet in spite of this word you did not believe the Lord your God, who went before you in the way to seek you out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night and in the cloud by day, to show you by what way you should go.
Deuteronomy 1:29-33
In spite of this great assurance, the Israelites were fearful to enter the Promised Land. Despite the ten plagues that had been wreaked on Egypt, the daily provision of manna, the fire and cloud that led them and many more miraculous signs, Israel turned back on the border of Canaan. They paid dearly for this lack of faith.
Do we recognize the glorious signs that God performs in our lives? Or are we blind to His almighty hand working wonders in our lives? Do we cling to Him in spite of what happens, or do the slightest anxieties and trials shake us to the core?
I want to believe and know and trust that my God goes ahead of me, to seek me out a place to pitch my tents, blazing a trail in cloud and fire, and to show me the way by which I should go. I want to live like this everyday.
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