Numbers 33:2
" Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the Lord, and these are their journeys according to their starting places."
In this chapter, Moses writes out the exact places that the nation of Israel traveled on their journeys. As we read the next verses it is like reading an atlas and a road map. The nation, over 40 years, went from city to city. They walked many miles. The Lord instructed Moses to record these journeys for us. To God, theses journeys the nation took, were important. God is interested in each step we take and in each place we wander. He is not absent in those journeys. We would do well to remember that on each place they journeyed God lead them during the day with a cloud and at night with a fire. These were not mere wanderings. God had a purpose for each step and a design for each path. God is interested in what we do and where we go and how we do it. God wanted them, for some reason, to remember each step and that is why Moses was instructed to write it out. God is not absent in our journeys and does not ignore our daily walks. God had a design for each of the places He took them. We should not be surprised when God moves His cloud or His fire (in our lives, the Holy Spirit) and directs us to go one place or another. Every time the cloud/fire moved they had to pack up and travel. The wilderness they traveled through was not a large area. In 40 years they would have traveled enough to see some familiar sights and landscapes. Their willingness to follow God would have been a matter of their heart. We sometime object when God cancels a job and moves us somewhere else. He sometimes moves from neighborhood to neighborhood, or church to church, or state to state. God has a purpose for our lives. Rejoice in His care and His sovereign rule in our lives.
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