Storm clouds limit our vision.
It’s what they do. In an airplane, piloting a ship, or simply driving about town, if we’re facing a storm, we’re no longer aware of the entire situation. We can’t be. The storm blinds us.
That’s the reason the children of Israel did the wicked thing in Exodus 32:1.
“And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.”
Wow! What a blow, to Aaron as well as Moses. We can hear Aaron thinking, “Oh, ye of little faith…”
The real problem was this: The children of Israel had been in Egypt for 400 years. They were as Egyptian as the Egyptians. They had forgotten the God of Abraham. That’s why we have the book of Leviticus (The Law). They had to be educated all over again.
The storm cloud of captivity had limited their vision, and without Moses as their guide, they couldn’t find God. He was hidden by the clouds.
The realities of life had blinded the children of Israel.
What they needed was for Moses to return from the mountain and reveal the awesome majesty of God to them once again, to allow God’s presence to sweep over them in a rushing river of righteousness.
Moses did. And God did. And God nearly destroyed his people for their lack of vision and trust in him, except that Moses stepped in the gap and changed God’s mind. We read of God’s change of heart in Exodus 32:14.
“And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.”
Our pastors and spiritual leaders can guide us when we lose our vision and hope in Christ. They are the hand of Christ unto us. Let’s trust them, support them, and find time to tell them we appreciate them.
When the storm blows us off course, it’s the guiding hand of Christ that leads us back home.
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