The second book of the Bible, Exodus, is the story of the creation of the Hebrew nation 3300 years ago in the ancient Near East. It has an interesting image of the presence of God as a tower of smoke in the daytime and a tower of fire at night. Wherever the Presence led, the new nation was to pack up there tents and follow. The Presence of God led His chosen people through scorching desert where there was neither food or water, yet as they followed, He always provided their every need.
God is still on the move today. He hovers by your place of prayer before dawn, calling you from oblivion to enter His Presence. There is nothing more rewarding to me than basking in His loving Presence. Wherever He calls, there I will follow. I love His touch. I love to feel Him smiling on me. If His Presence enters a prison, I will follow just to be with Him there. If He shifts to the realty office, I will run, laughing, bringing my deed. If He moves into a hospice, there I will follow. If He moves to the inner city, there I will live. I just want to cling to His loving Presence and bask in His beauty, channeling His love to whoever is there.
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