PATHWAY OF OUR MARCH IS OF GOD

PATHWAY OF OUR MARCH IS OF GOD 

". . . Jehovah your God, Who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in" Deut. 1:32, 33

This Book of Deuteronomy is instructive rather than historical. Its actual history covers a very brief period, probably not many days. It consists of a collection of the final discourses of Moses. The first of these (1:6-4:43) is retrospective. In it, Moses dealt with the three stages of their wanderings—from Horeb to Kadesh-Barnea (1:6-46); from Kadesh-Barnea to Heshbon (2); and from Heshbon to Beth-Peor (3)—and then exhorted them to obedience (4:1-43). In dealing with the first stage, he reminded them of THE DIVINE CALL which caused them to leave Horeb, and recalled their REBELLION in the matter of the spies. The purpose of the review was that of setting all the facts of their experience in, the light of GOD'S GOVERNMENT. Their disturbance at Horeb was that of the DIRECT COMMAND OF GOD. The way of the wilderness was a terrible one, but they had not been left to grope their way through it alone. In this connection the words quoted above were used, and they are very full of revealing beauty. Through them we learn that in the government of God nothing is haphazard. How often life is a wilderness way! As we journey, there seems no map, no plan, no time-table. The truth is that our God is not only accompanying us ON THE MARCH; He is always going before us, selecting the places of our pausing. Wherever at night we pitch our tents, the place is CHOSEN BY GOD. That is all we need to know. See article TRIUNE MEETING BEFORE THE BEGINNING (Eph. 1:4; Rev. 17:8; Rev. 13:8; 2 Tim 1:9; 2 Thess. 2:13; Heb. 4:3; 1 Pet. 1:18-20; Prov. 8:22-23; 1 Cor. 2:7; Col. 1:16; Titus 1:2; Isa. 46:10-11; Isa. 14:26-27; Matt. 25:34).