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We all think about what our future holds. Yet our best is not always what we originally plan for ourselves. It is what God has prepared for us. The Israelite journey to the promised land went differently than they expected. They had a promise of it being great (Numbers 14:8), but it didn’t happen right away. Our paths sometime involve a challenging time in the wilderness just like what the Israelites experienced on the way to their promised land. The only way to journey successfully through these times is through faith. God provides you with the strength and hope needed to get through, just as he did for Joshua*. Musician David Crowder shares how he found the strength to trust God in new ways that led to a life he never expected.

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Just like David, you simply need to ask God for enough light to take a single next step down the unknown path before you. One prayer and step combination at a time. Over time, this becomes increasingly natural and easier to do. Actively aim to stay open to whatever God has prepared for you, even if it isn't easy, and let the Holy Spirit be your guide. This will lead to joy, peace and confident hope.

*Joshua was trained by Moses to be the leader of the Israelites after they left Egypt.

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Numbers 14:8

If the LORD delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land that flows with milk and honey.

Joshua 5:1-9

As soon as all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan for the people of Israel until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no longer any spirit in them because of the people of Israel. At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel a second time.” So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth And this is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they had come out of Egypt. Though all the people who came out had been circumcised, yet all the people who were born on the way in the wilderness after they had come out of Egypt had not been circumcised. For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the LORD; the LORD swore to them that he would not let them see the land that the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. So it was their children, whom he raised up in their place, that Joshua circumcised. For they were uncircumcised, because they had not been circumcised on the way. When the circumcising of the whole nation was finished, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. And the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” And so the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day.

Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

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To find Mapping Your Journey on The Bible App you can try the following link
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