The Easy Way Is Not Always The Best Way!

How often do we seek the EASIEST way in an attempt to find the BEST way? If you are considering your own life, let me give you some avenues to mentally travel: how did you determine to accept your current job - how often have we given up or slowed down because the path was getting too difficult - how do you determine the best route between two locations?

Exodus 13:17-18 gives us a very interesting look into the work of God in our life. The Bible states that God led the children of Israel the long way between two paths, as opposed to leading them the most direct route. Step into their shoes: have you ever gotten lost on a journey, traveled for an extensive amount of time, only later to realize that you have not actually commuted a great distance in relation to the time spent. Imagine the children of Israel as they realized that they were not going the most direct route. We call it: "waisting our time".

We can read in verse 17 that the reason was based on the fact that God knew that if they traveled the EASY route, they would have faced certain trials, specifically war, causing them to want to return to Egypt! In essence they were not waisting their time by going the long way; God was actually keeping them in the path that He desired for them. The next time we have the impulse to seek the easy route - remember the children of Israel - what if they sought the easy route - they would have returned to bondage!