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NUMBERS 14: 3-4 "Why has the LORD brought us to the land to fall by the sword, that our wives and children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?" So they said to one another " Let us select a leader and return to Egypt"

God will never trick you into something that might harm you. Everything He does is to benefit us because He loves us. He heard His children's cries and delivered them from Egypt but all they did was complaint on how "bad" they have it now and yet forget how bad they had then. It is easy to forget where we came from and take what we have for granted. Even thought our past does not define who we are, we still gotta learn from it. I'm sure they were scared to go forward and that's why they complaint thought the years. Its hard to follow something you cant see and thought they had the promise right around the corner, it was hard for them to see tomorrow. Our promise has always been right there for us to grab a hold of but we chose to make it harder on ourselves by not focusing on God.We consume all of our energy in whats going on around that we miss whats right in front of us. For some of us today its easy to fall back into the world, to go back to our old way. God never intend to make them walk around the desert for 40 years. If they would've only listen to Gods word instead of themselves they would have made it to the promise land sooner. That basically applies for us today. God is anxiously waiting to give us our promise but since we aren't 100% committed to him we keep falling short.

Father I pray that you keep my eyes fixed on you and not on my surroundings for I don't wanna take 40 years for my promise. All though times are rough right now I thank you because I have you to fall back on. Thank you for all the love you have for and for showing yourself to me when u did. I love you!! Amen