A Lead in the Dark

Years ago I went to a Haunted Trail at Halloween.  It was a fund raiser for a local fire department and the trail was filled with stuff hanging from trees, chainsaws without chains, and overzealous post-teens in $20 masks.  The final stage of the tour was a death tunnel or something that was a maze of walls with narrow corridors, mattresses to walk on, and goblings hiding in holes here and there.  It was pitch black dark and hot.  I think I was leading Dawn's 8 year old cousin through it. I don't remember that part. I just remember when I got in that tunnel some pre-teen girl grabbed the back of my shirt (untucking as she did) and was leading herself along by pulling on my shirt.  When a big boy gets hot, lost, and untucked, things begin to spiral downward in the tunnel of death.  I got about halfway to my destination (I guess to death) and a monster popped out and screamed at me.  I said, "Hey Pal, how do you get out of here?" He said in his spooky voice, "There is no way out!!"  I grabbed him by the collar, pulled him in tight, and said, "You don't understand.  I'm getting out of here or the tunnel of death is coming down." I was determined that I could play the part of the man with a legion of demons and tear through the walls.  He stopped pointing his flashlight at his Wal-mart mask and pointed it down some corridor and said, "Down there, sir!"  I said, "Thank you, mad man!" I was free, a little cooler, and away from that scared youngun.   I tucked my shirt in, told everybody how grand it was, and went back home. 
There is nothing like a lead in the dark.  Can you imagine being led as the Hebrews were lead?  (www.lifejournal.cc) And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. ²² The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people. - Exodus 13:21-22  I would love to see how this took place.  It has always amazed me and I don't think Hollywood could ever get close to showing such imagery.  What a blessing the lead of the Lord is through the dark deserts of our lives!
He will not do it through a fire by night for you but God will lead you through whatever you are facing.   Through the Holy Spirit, He often does through a still, small voice.  Listen, follow, and let Him lead you today!