I love this phrase of God's leadership: "... by the round about way ...". Now in this specific situation of Exodus, God was leading Israel in the round about way to the land he had promised them in order to protect them from the mighty army of the Philistines. And if the reader of Scripture takes in mind that God's earliest commitment to leading the descendants of Abraham, Israel, to a promised land that occurred in about 2000 BC took right at 700 years! Such was definitely God's round about way!
When I consider the round about ways of God I have seen in my own life this thought helps: humans have always been given the freedom to resist God so for God's promises to have the right setting it just may take a while.
In invite you to reflect upon your life. What round about ways has God been leading you?
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