“When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land.? God said, ‘If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.’??So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.”
Sometimes it may seem that God is leading us in a roundabout way.? The important thing to keep in mind is that it is God who is leading.? He knows our weaknesses.? He remembers our frame. And even if to our limited understanding it seems the way through the wilderness is roundabout, it is still through the wilderness.
