01/11/09

Can you see the Pillar of cloud?

Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.


If one does really understand the Bible the most important events in our journey of life are written at least thrice in the Bible.

When the Lord started unfolding the scriptures to me I was amazed to find the journey which the Israelites took in the books of Moses is a shadow of the spiritual journey all mankind is taking. Even the names of people and places were of great importance in our understanding and discerning this life.

Another interesting thing was, in events that unfolded before them it was the Son of God and the Holy Spirit who were involved and are involved with us also alike. It was the Holy Spirit who walked before them in the form of a pillar of cloud or fire and it was the Son of God whose Angel was always around then.

If we really open our spiritual eyes then that very Pillar of cloud will be there before us to lead us like He lead the Israelites. When the Pillar of cloud appeared before them they followed, and when the Pillar of cloud was not seen, they settled down in their tents.

Throughout their journey the Holy Spirit played an important role (no only leading them as a Pillar of cloud). It is after we are baptized in the Holy Spirit are we in a position to see this great manifestation of Pillar of cloud before us in our lives.

Most of our messages were directly of indirectly connected to being led by the Holy Spirit came after the 16th October mail of baptism of water. I have seen Churches giving great importance to water baptism. For instance I visited a Church and before the service a person came to me and asked me if I was water baptized. I would love if some one would come to me and also ask me if I was baptized in the Holy Spirit.

All are interested if we have done our booking in Heaven, but are we also interested to find if people are on their journey towards that booked place. We as man can not lead people all the way to that booked place; we can only be instruments for the One who really leads. The lesser the instruments the better for us, since these instruments have a mind of their own also and therefore have a possibility of adding their two bits. Then by experience we learn what came from the Lord and what they added.

Let us start asking ourselves first are we baptized in the Holy Spirit?

And then lets us ask our family members of our own family and the family as a Church if all the members are baptized in the Holy Spirit?

If we find any who are not then those are not going to seen in Heaven.


[ Prayer Starter ]
Lord God, You are Almighty God. You delivered us form the Law and your Hand leads and protects us. Lord, by your Hand hold on to us and take us through our every battle. Let the world see the manifestation of your power as they walk through this journey called life. That the world knows that there is more than this life and You are God of all...

We make this prayer in Jesus' Name, Amen.


[ Reference Scriptures ]
Exodus 13:21-22
21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 14:17-20
17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
19 And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.

Deuteronomy 31:15-19
15 And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
19 Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

Nehemiah 9:19-21
19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them 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.
20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.
21 Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Matthew 17:5-6
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.

Acts 1:9
9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

1 Corinthians 10:1-2
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Revelation 10:1-4
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

John 3:5
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

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