Day 2 with Moses: The Lord will provide help during our “detours”.

“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father’s flock. Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses. And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, “I have been a stranger in a foreign land.””

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭2:16-17, 21-22‬ ‭NKJV

How many know that the distance between point A and point B is not necessarily an indication of how long it will take you to get from point A to point B? Let me help focus you in: how many have ever started a day with a list of things you needed to do and a plan to get it all done? You estimate that you can get it done within a certain period of time. But what you did not account for are intervening variables: things that happen along the way, things that you are called on to do, a flat tire, someone’s urgent need, a place is closed that is normally open, and so on, and so on. Everybody knows that you can’t account for what you don’t know about. But the good news is that there is One Who knows all things; and He can help you, even when unexpected events seem to have wrecked your plan. The Lord will actually provide what you need to survive the trial or test.

“Behold, I will do a new thing, Now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness And rivers in the desert. The beast of the field will honor Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I give waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My people, My chosen.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:19-20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

In addition to bringing support during the “detours,” the Lord can use those things that seem to have been sent to wreck your plan, to actually work for your good.

“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes all things to work together [as a plan] for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to His plan and purpose.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:28‬ ‭AMP‬‬

When we left Moses yesterday he was sitting at a well in the middle of a desert, having fled for his life from Egypt. Now, bear in mind that Moses was raised in a palace where he was treated as royalty. Now he finds himself in a desert. But we see that the Lord did not forsake him, but actually gave him the opportunity to ingratiate himself to one of the leaders of a desert tribe: the Midianites. These people knew how to live in a desert place. Now Moses would spend the next 40 years in exile in the desert with people who knew about desert survival. For what might that experience be useful?

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

The Lord will provide help during our “detours”.

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