THE ARK LEADING IN THE WILDERNESS

When Moses asked that Hobab should be eyes

To Israel in the paths they were to trace

Across the waste, God caused the Ark to rise

And guide His people to their resting place.

For three days' journey it was in the lead

And over them there was the cloud by day

That God might answer to the people's need

Whilst teaching them to follow in His way.

 

Still in the testimony Christ exerts

His right to lead His people into rest;

If we seek other pathways He asserts,

And shows us, that His way is always best.

 

Lord, give me help that I may not enmesh

My feet by following in the ways of flesh.

(This refers to Numbers 10: 33; normally the cloud led.)

Loch Lomond from Inversnaid