There is a lot we can learn as we walk across the wilderness with the Israelites. They did not want to be in bondage in Egypt, so they stepped out in faith and followed Moses in order to escape. During their first trial, fear came upon them and they wanted to turn back, although they knew they would, once again, face enslavement. In fact, every encounter with a problem left them complaining. Their wandering in the wilderness was not an easy adventure. Every trial left them complaining and rather than preparing themselves for a future of hope and joy, the Israelites kept looking back with regret for leaving an undesirable life of imprisonment.
We do the same today when we leave the undesirable. When loneliness, hardship, discouragement, and other emotions come along we develop a fear of the unknown instead of letting God take the wheel to lead us forward. We lose our hope and our joy when we fail to rely on God. We often just want to turn back and do a repeat although we know the past was undesirable.
So what can we do? We can let God be the center of our focus instead of circumstances.
We can look forward with hope instead of backward with regret.
We can take the focus off ourselves
We can discover new talents, new abilities by leaving fear behind.
We can continually look forward with happy expectations and joy
God is walking right by your side, just as He gave the Israelites a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.
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