Read today’s texts first: Exodus 39 & 40; Psalms 15; Acts 12
Some people keep their head in the clouds, touching down on Earth like a tornado, with the same results!
As an advocate for keeping both feet firmly planted on the ground in ministry, I’ve often been troubled by those who are so heavenly-minded they are no earthly good. I remember as a young associate pastor trying to round up volunteers for a church work bee and hearing from one self-proclaimed “prayer warrior” that she wanted to be available that day to do whatever God wanted her to do. I felt like saying, “I know what God wants you to do – He wants you pulling weeds with the rest of us!”
We’ve all met people like that, super-spiritual saints who float from one divine appointment to the next. With their heads in the clouds, they touch down on planet earth as often as a tornado and with the same results, stirring up a lot of trouble without hanging around to clean up the mess.
On the other hand, there is something to be said for keeping your head in one cloud – the cloud of God’s glory. For Moses and the Israelites, their survival depended on moving when the cloud did. It was the sign of God’s presence, and Moses had already determined that if God wasn’t leading the way, they weren’t moving.
In all the travels of the Israelites, whenever the cloud lifted from above the tabernacle, they would set out; but if the cloud did not lift, they did not set out--until the day it lifted. (40:36,37)
This was the conclusion of the book of Exodus. The truth is, if you follow that cloud you will be extremely effective on planet earth. Israel is about to discover that as they move into the Promised Land and the conflicts ahead.
“Lord, I want to keep my head in the cloud of Your presence so that I can see even more clearly what on earth You want me to do!”
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