". . . .and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way."
Numbers 21:4
As the children of Israel traveled to the Promised Land, they became discouraged because they were looking at the way, the natural hardships of their journey.
What they could have focused on instead, was how God had brought them out of Egypt with signs and wonders and miracles.
When they couldn't get any farther, God parted the Red Sea and they walked on dry ground.
When the Egyptian army came after them, God protected them by destroying the army with the walls of water.
When they got to the waters of Marah and it was bitter, God purified it so they could drink.
God led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
He gave them manna from heaven every night, all they had to do was pick it up.
He gave them water out of a rock.
And the entire forty years that they wandered through the desert, their shoes and clothes didn't wear out.
But because they looked at the way, they became discouraged.
It is better to look at what God has done then how much He has to do; it's the cure for discouragement!
