Continued from A Roundabout Way II
"God did not directly take Israel into the Land of Promise. Had they traveled northeast along the Mediterranean Sea on one of the main trade routes, the 'Philistine Highway,' God would have had them in the land in less than a week. Instead, God led them the opposite direction, south, down to Mount Sinai. This was not because of Israel's unbelief or disobedience, rather this was by God's instruction and direction so that He might reveal more of Himself to them.
"Notice that God's perfect will is not necessarily the shortest distance between two points. His greatest desire for our lives is to transform us from our sinful, estranged state into the likeness of Christ so that we might enjoy intimate fellowship with God. The same such communion Adam experienced with his Creator in the Garden of Eden before the Fall. In a sense, God's purpose for every believer is to return us to that 'pre-fall' state and experience of Adam. However, this is rarely a quick and hurried process. The focus is to be changed into His image, to be like Christ, not to do for Christ. God did not make us 'human doings,' but 'human beings!'"
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