The Lord went before them . . . by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light.
The Israelites were travelling through strange country - they’d never been there before. So the Lord provided a night light - something they couldn’t miss. The Lord has provided us with a night light too - His Word. Spend a little time tonight before you go to sleep reading a few verses from your Bible. “It’s a light unto my feet,” David said in one of his Psalms. And in a world that’s growing increasingly dark we need God’s Word more and more for guidance.