Exodus 13:17a<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThen it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them\u00a0by<\/em> way of the land of the Philistines, although that\u00a0was<\/em> near\u201d. As Christians, we have a special GPS, God\u2019s Protective System. The rest of the verse says, \u201cfor God said, ‘Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt.’\u201d He not only points the way, He also protects us on the journey. When the going gets tough, the weak turn around and go back, which is what God didn\u2019t want them, or us, to do. God\u2019s ways are higher than ours, and so are His plans for us. His first plan for us is to teach us to trust Him. Next would be to follow Him and be obedient, lastly to give Him your whole heart. Just as the people followed God and learned to trust Him, when the enemy attacked, they waited on God, and the enemy was defeated. You too can have victory over every war, trial, or tribulation that comes your way, because you learn to keep your focus on God as you spend time in HIS HOLY WORD daily. If you feed your body 2 or 3 times a day plus snacks, why wouldn\u2019t you feed your Spirit with the Word and snack with meditation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exodus 13:17a \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThen it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them\u00a0by way of the land of the Philistines, although that\u00a0was near\u201d. As Christians, we have a special GPS, God\u2019s Protective System. The rest of the verse says, \u201cfor God said, ‘Lest perhaps the people change […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":627,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions\/627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gettingcloserwithgod.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}