God's
constant care and provision for the children of Israel during their forty years' journey through the wilderness furnish an inspiring example of the Father's availability to meet all human needs.
One
of the conditions which interferes with the progress of mankind is obstruction: obstruction in bodily functioning, in human relationships, in the pursuit of business, in national and international affairs.
Almost
three thousand years ago the Israelites won a victory over the Philistines when a young shepherd boy, named David, faced the giant Goliath, the personification of destructive materiality, and brought him down to defeat and death with a sling and a stone.
In
the book of Revelation there is a scene in which a great multitude, clad in robes of white and with palms in their hands, stood before the throne of God.
