Num 10:33 And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
God
does give us impressions, but not that we should act on them as
impressions.
If the impression be from God, He will Himself give
sufficient evidence to establish it beyond the possibility of a doubt.
How
beautiful is the story of Jeremiah, of the impression that came to him
respecting the purchase of the field of Anathoth.
But Jeremiah did not
act upon this impression until after the following day, when his uncle's
son came to him and brought him external evidence by making a proposal
for the purchase.
Then Jeremiah said: "I knew this was the word of the
Lord."
He waited until God seconded the impression by
a providence, and then he acted in full view of the open facts, which
could bring conviction unto others as well as to himself.
God wants us
to act according to His mind.
We are not to ignore the Shepherd's
personal voice but, like Paul and his companions at Troas, we are to
listen to all the voices that speak and "gather" from all the
circumstances, as they did, the full mind of the Lord.
~Dr. Simpson~
Where God's finger points, there God's hand will make the way.
Do
not say in thine heart what thou wilt or wilt not do, but wait upon God
until He makes known His way.
So long as that way is hidden it is clear
that there is no need of action, and that He accounts Himself
responsible for all the results of keeping thee where thou art.
~Selected~
For God through ways we have not known, Will lead His own.
Deu 28:10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Then we can have no reason to be afraid of them.
This would show a
mean spirit and be a token of unbelief rather than of faith.
God can
make us so like Himself that men shall be forced to see that we rightly
bear His name and truly belong to the holy Jehovah.
Oh, that we may
obtain this grace which the LORD waits to bestow!
Be assured that
ungodly men have a fear of true saints.
They hate them, but they also
fear them.
Haman Trembled because of Mordecai, even when he sought the
good man's destruction.
In fact, their Hate often arises out of a Dread
which they are too proud to confess.
Let us pursue the path of truth and
uprightness without the slightest tremor.
Fear is not for us but for
those who do ill and fight against the LORD of hosts.
If indeed the name
of the eternal God is named upon us, we are secure...
For, as of old, a
Roman had but to say Romanus sum, I am a Roman, and he could claim the
protection of all the legions of the vast empire...
So every one who is a
man of God has omnipotence as his guardian...
And God will sooner empty heaven of angels than leave a saint without defense.
Be braver than lions for the right, for God is with you.
~Charles Spurgeon~
