{"id":6458,"date":"2018-02-01T16:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T21:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=6458"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:12:57","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T21:12:57","slug":"so-god-led-them-in-a-roundabout-way-through-the-wilderness-toward-the-red-sea-exodus-1318-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/so-god-led-them-in-a-roundabout-way-through-the-wilderness-toward-the-red-sea-exodus-1318-nlt","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea&#8221; (Exodus 13:18 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"atvc6\" data-offset-key=\"44k7e-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"44k7e-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"44k7e-0-0\">NO SHORTCUTS WITH GOD<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"atvc6\" data-offset-key=\"5ri4b-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5ri4b-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5ri4b-0-0\">Why didn&#8217;t God lead the Israelites out of Egypt and straight to the Promised Land? The Lord answered this question in Exodus 13:17 saying, \u201cIf the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.\u201d God knew they weren&#8217;t ready for battle. They weren&#8217;t an army. They were a rabble of slaves with no training nor confidence. They were free, but they didn&#8217;t know how to live in freedom. So, the Lord had to take them the long way, lasting 40 years, in order to prepare them to possess the Promised Land. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NO SHORTCUTS WITH GOD<br \/>\nWhy didn&#8217;t God lead the Israelites out of Egypt and straight to the Promised Land? The Lord answered this question in Exodus 13:17 saying, \u201cIf the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.\u201d God knew they weren&#8217;t ready for battle. They weren&#8217;t an army. They were a rabble of slaves with no training nor confidence. They were free, but they didn&#8217;t know how to live in freedom. So, the Lord had to take them the long way, lasting 40 years, in order to prepare them to possess the Promised Land. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1269],"scripture-chapter":[1346],"oyb_day":[1558],"location":[],"class_list":["post-6458","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-exodus","scripture-chapter-1346","oyb_day-february-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/6458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=6458"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=6458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}