Life is a journey. God meets us at one place in our life and then journeys with us as He takes us to where He wants us to be. There will be trials and challenges along the way. Parts of the journey will be pleasant and other sections will be difficult. But eventually we all come to our own Kadesh Barnea. Those are the times in our lives where circumstances look impossible. It is in those moments we must place our trust in God even though we can see no way for us to succeed.
The Israelites had experienced numerous miracles before they arrived to their Kadesh Barnea. They had witnessed ten plagues. They had walked across the Red Sea.They had stood at the foot of the awesome Mount Sinai. Yet they finally came to a point where their faith was tested like it had not been before. Unfortunately they would fail the exam. Forty years later, God would lead them back to this same place to see if they were prepared to finally move beyond that point (Numbers 20:1).
Are you at a crisis point in your life? Are you struggling to believe God for something, despite all you have experienced of Him in the past? We all have those watershed moments. How you respond to them will determine much of what happens in your life for years to come.