Text: “The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people” (Exodus 13:22).

Context, Context, Context: This was the going-out, the exodus, of Israel from Egypt. As part of what? God’s covenant promises to Israel to save a people for Himself, to give them a promised land, to teach them to walk by faith in the covenant-keeping word of the Lord.

And do you see God’s attribute in the verse above? It’s His steadfastness. God is faithful to His word.

Teaching: It is important to note that there are some things that sinners can do that God cannot do. God cannot be two-faced. God cannot lie. God cannot be anything other thann steadfast and true. God cannot change.

Sinners can and do all of the above. Sinners betray, lie, are two-faced, hypocritical, deceptive, etc. But God is steadfast.

He went before Israel via a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night–so that God’s people would look to Him, not to sinners, for their reward.

Encouragement: Trust the Lord, dear ones. Look to Him. All others will fail and disappoint you. God is steadfast and true.