When God leads you, he will lead you into situations in which your faith will be tested. Our natural tendency is to avoid such situations. Ironically, we might even pray that God would lead us into circumstances that do not require much faith from us. But God isn’t concerned about your comfort. He wants to grow your faith and that often requires situations that seem threatening and difficult. We must therefore not live to avoid difficulty. God’s pathway will inevitably go through difficulty and we must be prepared to follow this path and not turn aside whenever the way forward looks threatening. God leads us through these experiences, not just to stretch our faith but also to show us that he is faithful. Difficult situations tend to polarise what often remains blurry in our minds. We learn a lot about ourselves and we learn a lot about God. These truths often become very distinct in times of hardship even if everything else seems confused and blurry. It is one thing to be confused and uncertain about life but another to be confused and uncertain about the essential facts about yourself and about who God is. If the confusions and hardships of life lead you to understand yourself and God better, then you are better off for it. Learn to respond to God in trust and be patient. You will see his faithfulness.
Entrust yourself to God.
Read Numbers 11
