I am leading you...

This morning as I read my devotional I was reminded how it is often easy to forget that God is leading us, especially at those moments when it's tough or difficult or stressful or overwhelming. We think- God would only lead me on an easy, beautiful path, wouldn't He? This must not be Him.

Well, that's not what the Bible says, in fact. The Bible is full of encouragement 'to persevere', not to 'give up', to 'stand up for what you believe in'. If our God-directed paths were meant to be easy as pie, we wouldn't need such encouragement. Instead, we hear:

¹⁷ For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. (2 Corinthians 4:17)

After all, Moses and the Israelite people must've wondered at the time what was going on. Plague after plague and the result was...

²⁷ But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he was not willing to let them go. (Exodus 10:27)

At the moment, it may be quite difficult to figure out the why and the what of the descents and ascents on the path where God is leading us. But we can be assured that if we continue to trust and follow Him, all things will work together for His glory and for the good.