Exodus 16:4 NLT
(4) Then the LORD said to Moses, "Look, I'm going to rain down food from heaven for you. Each day the people can go out and pick up as much food as they need for that day. I will test them in this to see whether or not they will follow My instructions."
So God brought you out of Egypt, freeing you from your bondage but all you can think about was how good you had it then. Without knowing it your thoughts have blinded you from the miracles that surround you now and change, even though it is good, feels like the enemy. It seems unimaginable but the Israelites own thoughts were leading them down a path of destruction but at any moment all they had to do was look up to see what God had provided for them and accept the challenge to be different. Strangely enough there was a comfort in being a victim because your outcome wasn’t your fault but to follow an invisible God into the wilderness who then could you point your finger at if things didn’t turn out good?
Just the thought of failure immobilizes your legs and feet until they feel like cinder blocks and your thoughts begin to overwhelm you with ideas of returning to the way things once were. Fortunately, unknown by you God has a plan much like the Promised Land waited for the Israelites but to reach it you have to take your eyes off of yourself and look to Jesus and even though you may want what God wants your flesh will fight you every step of the way, even to the point of being self-destructive. Yes your own flesh will sabotage the efforts of the spirit within you all because of the fear of the unknown. The only defense against such behavior is to see and understand your own desperation for God to lead and guide you every step of the way, even when it feels like you’re headed the wrong direction.
Exodus 16:35 NLT
(35) So the people of Israel ate manna for forty years until they arrived at the land where they would settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
I don’t want to waste time in the wilderness because I was afraid to trust God fully but even if I do God is faithful to provide until such time when I step foot in the Promised Land.
