The Promises Of God Are For You

Nehemiah, the cupbearer to the Persian King Artaxerxes, describes something which is unique in all history.  Speaking of Israel in the wilderness, he says of God, "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. By day the pillar of cloud did not cease to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take" (Nehemiah 9:19).  What's he saying?  He is describing something that can only be described as supernatural.  God's presence in the midst of these who had fled Egypt was manifest by a cloud that covered the tabernacle by day, providing relief from the burning desert sun, and at night the cloud turned into a pillar of fire that provided warmth and also brought fear to the hearts of their enemies.