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40 “the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people.”

 Exodus 13:22

 When the Lord released His people from slavery He went with them and led them safely along the desert way. They were released from their slavery in Egypt and were now headed for the promised land. So with every soul that has been rescued from the grip of sin and has been saved from all its effects and punishments. The Lord is with us every step of the way and never deserts us day or night. It is especially difficult in the night for the darkness surrounds us and makes us afraid. The Lord knows all our weaknesses and yet sustains us in the shadows of life.

“…even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.”

Psalm 139:12

 The darkness may seek to overtake us but our Lord and God is always there. He is with us in the day and in the night and nothing can separate us from Him. This is a truth for all our life and we can depend on the promises of God to be true and never change or fail.

 God relates to us in a way that we can understand and it is up close and personal. Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ and we are perpetually safe from all ills.

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

Romans 8:35