A Word of Encouragement

January 17, 2026

PA087 - Let's Dance

Grace, Hope & Peace, Friend;

When the tabernacle was erected, a cloud covered it by day, that would appear like fire at night. Whenever the cloud lifted, they would set out and wherever it settled, they would settle and camp until it lifted again. That was how God led them through the wilderness. (Numbers 9:15-23)

Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.
	Numbers 9:22

Perhaps Moses was thinking of that experience when He wrote, "Before the mountains were born or You gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God." (Psalm 90:2)

God is and always has been God. And He does not see time the way we do. "A thousand years in Your sight are like yesterday when it passes by, or like a watch in the night." So Moses continued, "Teach us to number our days, that we may present to You a heart of wisdom." (Psalm 90:4 &12)

Do we sometimes get impatient waiting for God's timing and rush into doing things we think are best?

Isaiah wrote, "Those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary." (Isaiah 40:31)

And Paul, who had experienced all kinds of persecution and death threats as He spread the gospel, wrote, "We do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day." (2 Corinthians 4:16)

Why doesn't God give each of us a 'cloud' to guide us? HE HAS!

He has given us His Spirit to Guide us. Jesus said, "When He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth." (John 16:13) Do we listen? "Do not quench the Spirit.” (1 Thessalonians 5:19)

As important as doing what the Spirit prompts us to do is, we need to stop what we are doing, when He prompts us to stop!

Ruach Elohim - Spirit of God - Help me to follow Your lead; whether You say "Go" or "Stop."

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will advise you with My eye upon you.
	Psalm 32:8

Follow the Spirit's lead,