Under which Cloud?

I want to share the sermon I preached last Sunday at my church. I spoke in Malayalam with translation to English. 

Main Points from the messages.

• Message Portion:-Number 9:15-23
• Main Verse:- Number 9:22-23

രണ്ടു ദിവസമോ ഒരു മാസമോ ഒരു സംവത്സരമോ മേഘം തിരുനിവാസത്തിന്മേൽ ആവസിച്ചിരുന്നാൽ യിസ്രായേൽമക്കൾ പുറപ്പെടാതെ പാളയമടിച്ചു താമസിക്കും; അതു പൊങ്ങുമ്പോഴോ അവർ പുറപ്പെടും. 23 യഹോവയുടെ കല്പനപോലെ അവർ പാളയമിറങ്ങുകയും യഹോവയുടെ കല്പനപോലെ യാത്ര പുറപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്യും; മോശെമുഖാന്തരം യഹോവ കല്പിച്ചതുപോലെ അവർ യഹോവയുടെ ആജ്ഞ പ്രമാണിച്ചു.
Whether the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, the people of Israel stayed in camp and did not move on. But as soon as it lifted, they broke camp and moved on. 23 So they camped or traveled at the Lord’s command, and they did whatever the Lord told them through Moses.

• We have different ideas about God, but they must be biblical.

○ 5 things to remember - 

• God visits 
• God speaks
• God leads
• God fulfills the purpose
• God has a plan for the future beyond this world.
• OT - God used different ways to speak and lead his people
• Pillar of Cloud during day and pillar of fire at night
• NT - God made a better provision

• John 14:16- 17 - And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate,[e] who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you.

• When you are under the Cloud of the Holy Spirit, what happens?

1. You will have Kingdom First view - plans, thought, energy, time, and effort will be first directed towards being a witness.  Receive the power to be a witness.
2. You will be willing to sacrifice. This includes your ego, attitude, etc.  
3. There will be ongoing transformation, and you will move from talking to actions and commitments.
4. You will not simply follow your emotions or what others say. You will not be manipulated by people or devil.
5. All leading should sync with the word of God and with good counsel. You will do exploits for the Lord in your generation. 

Conclusion

• George Mueller cared for 2000 orphans at a time and about 10K during his life. 
• Mueller had over fifty thousand specific recorded answers to prayers in his journals, thirty thousand of which he said were answered the same day or the same hour that he prayed them. Think of it: that’s five hundred definite answers to prayer each year—more than one per day—every single day for sixty years! God funneled over half a billion dollars (in today’s dollars) through his hands in answer to prayer.
• George Müller died a poor man in 1898. Bristol came to a halt when his funeral happened. Factories and businesses closed, and thousands of people came out to mourn and pay respect as the funeral procession went by. Below is a quote from the Bristol Times newspaper on the day of his funeral “he was raised up for the purpose of showing that the age of miracles is not past”

YouTube Link - https://youtu.be/yBwTRJ2SCvQ