Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time
First reading – Exodus 40:16-21,34-38
“For the cloud of the Lord rested on the tabernacle by day, and a fire shone within the cloud by night, for all the House of Israel to see. And so it was for every stage of their journey”. A beautiful image of God accompanying the journey of the People of God to the promised land. Moses making the tabernacle according to the directions of the Lord. The Word of God says, “Moses did exactly as the Lord had directed him”. When we do exactly like what the Lord says, we become tabernacles where the glory of God fills. This accompanying of the Lord in our journey is magnificent. The Word of God says that the presence of God was there at every stage of their journey. And the people of God did not have their plans. We read, “At every stage of their journey, whenever the cloud rose from the tabernacle the sons of Israel would resume their march”. So, it was not their plans that guide them. But the presence of the Lord that guided them. “If the cloud did not rise, they waited and would not march until it did”. They waited. The trust in the plan of God. The beauty in waiting is the beauty of trusting in the Lord. Let’s reflect: How much patience I have in waiting to the answer of the Lord?
Thursday 3 August
