Painting Picture of Egypt

Most people know the story in the Bible, found in Exodus "the exit from Egypt" and how Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness. God offers them a covenant; they are to follow his instruction, and he will give them Canaan, the Promise Land. Unfortunately, the Israelites disobey God and find themselves wondering in the wilderness for 40 years before they see the promise land, due to their disobedience. In the story, the Israelites are slaves in Egypt and when God frees them from that bondage, and they do not see the promise land right away, they begin to complain and say they were better off in Egypt. I am not sure why that was their response, maybe they were tired, maybe they didn't like not having control, maybe they were lazy. Whatever the reason, what was ahead of them was surely better than what was behind them.

I have been in a place in my life latley, that when I look ahead, it feels overwhelming. With the amount of school I have left to finish, with bills seeming to never end, with not having the family I thought I would have for myself and Austin, sometimes it seems easier to cling to old things, old people, old habits. I kind of throw myself a mini pity party once in awhile. I know that this is a tool that Satan uses to attack me to make me feel like things will never get better. I heard this song that Sara Groves sang about the Israelites wondering in Egypt and it hit home. Especially for the way things are with a certain person in my life. It seems to easy to do what is comfortable. I get caught in between what I know, and the promise God has for me. I know the promise will be way better than what I could make up for my own life, and this song just really showed me what God wanted me to hear. I will be faithful and remember I am striving for the promise God has for my life. That even though I may cling to what is comfortable, I have learned to much and have grown out of my old self and what has come along with that.