Trusting God past the harm that comes in following him. Trusting him past the cliche.
Actually trusting God with our lives.
Past our words to the pudding, as in the proof is in the pudding. 🙂
This is where the reward is: I will follow God wherever he leads me. I will NOT understand everything he does but I will trust based on who he is.
The majority of the Israelites who left Egypt via the great exodus never learned this lesson of trust and reward.
- Exodus 5:22-23 (NASB)
Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, “O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? [23] Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all.”
Yet …
Moses learned this eventually but most did not.
God hadn’t delivered them YET but he would, but it would be according to his design, not theirs.
This was the beginning of their journey to the promised land. This was lesson one in their preparation and appreciation for God’s provision.
God was going to take them on a faith-building journey which would transform them from slaves to giant killers.
But most fell victim to complaining and bitterness. They never got the big picture because they couldn’t trust God with the pain of the journey.
