The Cloud

Guys, have you ever wondered what it must have been like for the Israelites waiting for the cloud to move? What happened?

Was there a great rumble throughout the camp of literally millions? Did it make sound like a volcano warning everyone it was time to pack up? Did it rumble for an hour? A day? 2 days? How much time did people need to pack up? they stopped for 2 days sometimes 2 years.

Have you got your own story where you sensed God was or is about to release you into a promise-land after so many years of struggle? Can you see the cloud beginning to swell? For me, I sense I’m about to walk into God’s promise and I can’t explain why or exactly how.

For years and years, since my mid-20s like many here, as a Christian, I somehow lost my trust in God’s direction and as a result, battled so many hardships, marriage breakups, depression, anxiety, family problems, being conned financially on epic scales, losing everything I had, twice until I couldn’t take any more. I finally finally surrendered and told God I couldn’t do this without him.

Every turn I took ended in disaster and I knew I never wanted to make one more turn without Him. I was going to follow him blindly like I used to when I was 17 and if He still didn’t come through then what did I have to lose?

Now when His Cloud begins to move, so do I, and boy!! What a difference He’s beginning to make. The doors that are opening and the profound changes not only in my life but in my children’s lives are blowing my mind. I’m so humbled to realize how I was getting it so incredibly wrong.

If I was brutally honest, I wasn’t doing things His way at all. I was doing them mine. I wasn’t really forgiving, I was bitter and I was living like no one was watching. I had no real accountability to God and no desire to really care for His ways.

However, I was a Born Again Christian and God never lets his children go. He instead lets them walk into Sin City if that’s what they want and discover for themselves how and why they can never ever be part of this world.

Finally when we do, He really really is there waiting with open arms and double portions of love to bestow on us. I’m doing a daily Bible reading from the beginning with a friend and now, we’re going through Numbers. Just when you’re not sure if you can read another chapter on how many rams, lambs, and bulls were sacrificed, I’m then stunned by the relevance of how applicable The Israelite journey is to our own Christian walk. Like in Numbers, is your Cloud beginning to rumble?

Well anyhoo (Currently in Canada) If anyone here is struggling and I know some of you are, then do that thing where you give it all over To Jesus and then watch what happens.

Do you want to be free? Do you want blessings? Abundance? Love? Joy?

Stop and turn to the man who sees all of you anyway. Get real, stop the white lies, the secretly sleeping with your boyfriends/girlfriends, or the judging of even those who deserve it, and give it over to Him. I promise promise promise it will all be worth it!!!