See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices;
Fields and gardens hail the spring;
Shaughs and woodlands ring with voices,
While the wild birds build and sing.

You, to whom your Maker granted
Powers to those sweet birds unknown,
Use the craft by God implanted;
Use the reason not your own.
Here, while heaven and earth rejoices,
Each his Easter tribute bring-
Work of fingers, chant of voices,
Like the birds who build and sing.

Exodus 17 has some amazing instruction for the churches of today.

“Then all the congregations of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the Lord”

Did you catch the important parts there? They moved by stages and they moved according to the command of the Lord.

There are churches today that either are not moving or they are trying to move all at once. There are also churches that are moving in order to become large, important, not die, etc. Churches should only move “according to the command of the Lord.” If the Lord is not commanding us then we need to wait for the Lord’s command.

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