Through The Fog

Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; His love endures forever.” – 2 Chronicles 5:13

Our church worship band is made up of people of all ages.  Occasionally, there’s a thirty year spread up on stage.  Last Sunday, a young woman sang a song she wrote about Jesus calling her to move out of her comfort zone and go to music school in another part of the country, far away from family and friends.  I imagine everyone in the room, regardless of age, could relate to her nervous anticipation and excitement to go where God is calling her.

What emotions rush through you when you know that God is leading you to move, or change jobs, or reach out to someone, or raise your voice, or go in a different direction?  

Friends of ours will move this week from Colorado to Massachusetts with their two young sons.  They are following God’s lead, in spite of all the unknown.  Will the job be a good fit?  Will the boys like their new school?  Will the neighbors be kind?  Are Boston drivers really be that bad, and who can understand their accent?

The Bible is full of real people following God’s calling into the unknown.  God called David and his son Solomon to build a temple.  The passage above describes the worship that took place after it was finally completed.  While God’s people were singing, “He is good; His love endures forever,”  God’s presence filled the temple in the form of a great cloud.   

Many times in the Old Testament God’s presence is seen in the form of a cloud.  In Exodus 13:21-22, God led His people through the wilderness by a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. Iin the New Testament, when Jesus revealed His true identity as the Savior of the World to Peter, James, and John on a mountain top, a “cloud appeared and enveloped them.”  (Mark 9:7)  

Sometimes when we need to go where God is calling us, it might feel like we’re enveloped in a cloud, and our visibility is foggy.  When that happens, let’s do exactly what the Israelites did so many years ago: sing praises to God then move forward into the unknown, trusting in the One who is leading us.

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