God’s program to give the Promised Land to Abraham and his descendants took some strange turns. For instance? A famine upon the land, Joseph’s imprisonment, and bondage in Egypt. Hardly a joyful journey with God.

(Photo: Great pyramids of Egypt. Courtesy of the Pictorial Library of Bible Lands)
But God’s deliverance of His people from slavery in Egypt, and His gracious provision along the way, served to motivate gratitude in them “so that they might keep His statutes” (Psalm 105:45).
Our painful journey with God offers a hidden blessing.
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