Rather than faith followed by repentance, this is repentance followed by faith. Both will be rewarded by confirmation of faith and assurance of forgiveness because both are examples of testing the Lord by obedience.
and when ye shall do this,
When you do this, not “after you’ve experimented with this long enough to get it right”: sincere hearts instinctively know how to correctly repent.
the cloud of darkness shall be removed from overshadowing you.
Has it been removed from overshadowing me? Are there times when I crawl back under it, because it seems more familiar than venturing into repentance? What can I do to break my irresponsiveness?
- Make the cloud of darkness more real to me
- See more light in others: they didn’t see their own cloud of darkness until they saw the pillar of fire.
The Lord presents both symbols of His presence: the cloud and the pillar of fire (Ex. 13: 21-22). The Lord is in the darkness as assuredly as He is in the light, and is always leading us toward the Promised Land.
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