DIVINE MAP READER

Image result for clipart of a mapIn the closing of Numbers 9, instructions are given as to when the Tribes were to pack up and go and when they were to unpack and stay in a location.  Remember, they are moving about a 600,000 people and that is only those 20 years of age and above....no count of those below 20 years of age.  I remember trying to get 5 in the car, packed, and ready to go...no tv in the car either, was a minor feat. Not to even mention, the arguing of the three.  So in fact, they are moving about a million people, their animals, and their belongings!  Excedrin headache?

The cloud was their Divine Guide. The cloud was the map reader!  As long as the cloud stayed over the Tabernacle, they stayed in the area.  When the cloud lifted, the Tribes knew it was time to move.  What a visual!  

As a Christ follower, we have a Divine Guide who indwells us, the Holy Spirit.  He indwells us to "teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you." John 14:26b."The Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth."John 16:13."The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God." 1 Corinthians 2:10b.  These are promises from the Lord Jesus Himself.  It is the desire of the Truth-Speaker, our Divine Guide, who indwells us that we walk in obedience and be successful, spiritually, in this journey called life. His leadership is dependent on whether you and I are willing to spend some time in the Word of God/the MAP to get His thoughts,yield myself to Him, and if I am willing to be obedient to what He speaks to me from the Word. What our Momma or our Daddy taught us as children was to be foundation only.  As we are maturing in age, we are to be maturing in Spiritual growth.(Luke is a great place to spend reading in Scripture if you are a beginner.  It is the narrative of the birth and the life of Christ.) Galatians 5:25 reminds us, "Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."  We cannot be led/guided by the Spirit, taught by the Spirit, or know His thoughts unless we are willing to spend time (your decision how much time) in the Word.  Speak Holy Truth Speaker, I need your mind today, GUIDE ME, for I want to keep in step with YOU.  #IHAVETHREESONS

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