"Before God walks you to the promise, He walks you through the process." - Elevation Church

Sometimes it seems as if our destination is deceitfully close. We can picture our end goal and almost see it; however, we're still 10,000 miles away. We're taught that God will fulfill His promises to us, and He will, but what we don't expect is the process to get to that promise. However, it is through that process that God actually fulfills His promises.

It has been geographically mapped that the journey through the desert that the Israelites took to reach the promise land should have only taken three days, but it took them forty years. God had something incredible planned for them, but He wanted them to go through the process to reach that promise in order to be able to experience His love for them and to place their trust in Him.

If they had reached their destination without trials, they would feel as if they had done it through their own strength, not God's. Each trial they went through taught them that God's end promise was greater than anything they could imagine. He created the process to make the promise even better.

When you feel defeated and your destination seems to fade from view, the Bible says:

"The Lord will fight for you, you need only to be still."
Exodus 14:14

He's with you through the entire process, even when you're exhausted and feel as if you've been traveling for so long. He knows that we can't do this alone and He goes to bat for you. You don't even have to swing, God has full control. When you see your defeat, give it up to God. By doing this, what seems like defeat will be a set up for victory.