in Exodus 3 Moses asked “what makes you think I could ever go to pharaoh and lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
God’s response: “I will be with you.” He doesn’t tell moses all his strengths or the plan for getting him through what He’s calling him to. THE REASON moses can do it is because God is with him.
these verses meant too much to me not to share them….
Exodus 13:17-18 “it so happened that after pharaoh released the people (the Israelites), God didn’t lead them by the road through the land of the philistines, which was the shortest route, for God thought, ‘if the people encounter war, they’ll change their minds and go back to Egypt.’ So God led the people on the wilderness road, looping around to the Red Sea…”
first off, i never realized there was a second “a” in pharaoh….i think i thought it was just pharoh. would have gotten that wrong in a spelling bee…just like i got “supreme” wrong in 4th grade. surpreme is not a word. irrelevant.
second off, i’m so thankful that God sees the big picture. there are times when the “shortest route” looks easiest/best….but then we end up on the “wilderness road, looping around” and it doesn’t feel best – in fact it feels the opposite of best. it feels hard and tiresome and burdensome…desert like. i’m so thankful that we can trust that it is IS best even if it doesn’t feel best. God knows the army that would be waiting if we went the shortest route….He knows which path is going to draw us closest to Him.
i’m learning more and more that it’s really not about where we end up…it’s about walking with Him every step of the way.
