When Life sends a DETOUR

“You have led in Your steadfast love the people whom You have redeemed! You have guided them by Your strength 

to Your Holy abode!”

Exodus 15:13

5 Reasons we can TRUST GOD in the detours of life

We all hate detours!

Detours come in many different shapes and sizes, but all of them share one thing in common… We didn’t see them coming! They catch us off-guard, leaving us frustrated, confused, curious, even heart broken. The ultimate temptation is to become discouraged, even angry at God, as we experience our faith and experience being rocked!

Exodus 13:17-18 God “detours” the Israelites and takes them through the wilderness. Are you in a wilderness… look around. What do you see?

Exodus 13:21 – God leads the people by HIS Power!

Exodus14:13-14, 14:22-23, 14:30-31 – The people see God’s DELIVERANCE! Do you?

1.     The way God leads us may not make sense to us, but he has His reasons for each and every detour! – Isaiah 55:9

2.     Detours purpose to showcase God’s Glory, both to our enemies and for the sake of our own faith! – God WINS! Everytime! Romans 8:28

3.     When a detour feels threatening or confusing, we can trust God is indeed safeguarding us! – Just as a wall of water protected the Israelites, God’s presence and protection guards us!

4.     Detours cause us to see God’s character more clearly! When we take time to notice, we CAN see God at work!

5.     God uses detours to make firm our hope and, ultimately, to plant us in the heavenly places with Christ! Through your present DETOUR, be it sickness or pain or changed plan or disappointments… God is MOLDING you as clay in His intentional, compassionate hands to look more like His son. Indeed, detours exercise our faith and test our hope!