OMW a thought just struck me that is so fundamanental in its nature and yet so overlooked in churches and life where, in the words of Heidi "if God doesnt show up we can just sing another song or do a little dance" that it is positively becoming my new daily prayer and hearts cry.

I know I want to be dependant on Him. I know I want Him to be my first and my last, but now I know how much...I want to be dependant on Him enough that not being led by Him and His Holy Spirit in ANYTHING would be as ludcrous as the Israelites no longer following the cloud and fire in the middle of the desert. Me leaving Him, the church leaving Him or not being led as dependantly by Him would be the same (as Bill JOhnson points out) as the Israelites saying "the supernatural inistry necessary too get them out of Egypt was no longer necessary to have them enter the promised land. After all, they have these stone tablets..."

Can you IMAGINE?!?! If they walked away from that cloud for a second, they would have had no food, no direction, no water most likely, nothing. They would be stranded, destitute, starving and hopeless. And yet what happened when they did follow the cloud? For forty years they were fed by miracles, saw the glory of the Lord before and behind them, watched Moses glow after speaking to the Lord face to face, saw miraculous healings, understood the true nature and fear of the Lord. Yes, there was complacency and whining within that...but dont you want to be THAT dependant? Praise you Jesus. Always.