Exodus 13:17-18 - "When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle."
The shortest route to our destination or goal is not always the best.
The people of Israel were not ready for the fight, even though they were armed for battle. God knows what we can handle, and protects us from ourselves. He sometimes takes us the long way and seemingly more difficult way to prepare us for more difficult times and ready us for what he has in store for us. God has his perfect timing and plan for our lives. We need to seek the road he would have us travel to avoid the pitfalls of life.
Israel was clothed had the weapons of this world as they left Egypt, but God wanted to equip them with spiritual weapons such as obedience, righteousness and faith.
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