Close to the Cloud

"And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.... whether it were two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle... they kept the charge of the Lord, at the commandment of the Lord" (Numbers 9:17-23).

As Israel in the wilderness
Who waited for the cloud to lead,
We wait for God that He may bless
Where and when He has decreed.

A day or two, a month, or year,
Whether time was small or large,
The cloud of God was always near;
For Israel would keep His charge.

And so it is with us today
As pilgrims in this desert land:
Where God will lead, we go or stay,
And keep the charge of His command.