Mistakes, part 13

13. God will give you multiple chances to come to the right path.

God knows what you need to do to feel like a complete person. Even if you’re afraid to admit it to yourself He knows what you should be doing. He will constantly put things in your path to help you see the truth. You can ignore Him, but He will continue to put such things in your path. He will constantly speak to you, and try to push you in the right direction.

The story of the Jewish people in the desert shows this off. God sent down the plagues for these people, led them out of Egypt, parted the Red Sea, and sent down bread from heaven. When bread wasn’t enough for them He sent them meat. He did all this and more for His people, and regularly they ceased to have faith in Him. He wanted to lead them to the holy land, but any minor inconvenience or thing to fear would make them long for the days they were slaves in Egypt. God wanted them to have faith in Him, and tried multiple times to convince them that He was more powerful than any enemy they could ever face.

There were times He wanted to destroy them, but the one man who had real faith, Moses (though he slipped up once), always convinced Him not to. Instead of destroying them God continually delivered them, fed them, and worked to show them they could have faith in Him. He gave the Jewish people multiple chances, and even when He realized they would always doubt Him He did not wipe them out. He instead forbid them to enter the holy land until all of their stiff necked generation were no more, and the only one who actually had faith in God, Joshua, could lead the young and faithful Jewish people into the land He had promised them.

God could have given up when they doubted Him at the Red Sea, but He didn’t. God loved those people just as He loves us today. God gave them countless chances to do the right thing. He gives us just as many chances. He knew the joy having such faith in Him would have brought the Jewish people, but He did not force it on them. He knows what joy following Him down the right path will bring you, but He will not force you. Instead He will continue to work to help you make the right choice because He knows if you would just trust in Him you would have more blessings than you can ever comprehend. He knows what joy accepting the truth can bring you, and He will work hard to help you experience that joy. He will keep trying to show you the way.