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Recently, we have had so many beautiful sunsets. Yet all of those sunsets had one thing in common – clouds. I found that ironic. When we think of cloudy days, we often think of that being depressing. When I think of clouds, these things came to mind…
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Here is today's podcast in blog post form. :)
Recently, we have had so many beautiful sunsets. Yet all of those sunsets had one thing in common – clouds. I found that ironic. When we think of cloudy days, we often think of that being depressing. When I think of clouds, these things came to mind…
The first thing I thought of when I
thought of a beautiful cloud in the Bible was in the beginning of the Bible –
Genesis 1:7. I just taught this to my
Cubbies class in Awana – “And God made
the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.” The very first “clouds” of the world remind
me how very powerful my God is. And if He can create those clouds, He can
take care of ME. Take comfort in
that today!
A second amazing cloud in the Bible I
think of is the cloud that the Israelites followed by day in the
wilderness. In Nehemiah 9:19 it says, “Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest
them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from then by
day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them
light, and the way wherein they should go.”
The story of millions of people surviving for forty years in the desert
is amazing. It could only be God that
could do something like that. And He used something as simple as a cloud to
guide them. Why did He do that? His manifold mercies. And oh, how I cling to that verse, “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not
consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy
faithfulness.”
And the last cloud I think of is a
special “cloud”. It refers to the
millions of believers that have gone before us.
Sometimes, it is easy to feel lonely in the Christian life.
When you start to feel discouraged and defeated thinking you are out
there running this race by yourself, imagine a “cloud” of fellow believers that
ran that very race before you. Let them
inspire you to keep on going to the same finish line! “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about
with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin
which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is
set before us,” Hebrews 12:1
So where are you at today? Are you trying to run the race of the
Christian life but are ready to throw in the towel? Have you forgotten in the midst of the
problems and trials of life about the power of our God? Do you need to stop following your own cloud
of dreams and visions and start following the cloud that God is trying to guide
you with?
Today’s challenge is:
The clouds God gives us are there to guide us while showing us his
awesome power, mercy and love. Today, when you see a cloud in the sky, I
hope it encourages you to keep going for Him. Clouds are awesome!
Will you take the challenge?
Will you take the challenge?
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