Should I stay or should I go?

Am I a complainer like the Israelites or am I obedient like Nehemiah?  Do I whine at the thought of another meal of manna or am I thankful for God's blessings and protection?  The Clash lyrics keep blasting through my mind this afternoon yelling "Should I stay or should I go?  If I go there will be trouble, if I stay there will be double!"  Ever have days when you feel doomed either way? 

In the wilderness, there seems to be no way out.  It's almost as if the circumstance surrounds you... choking the life right out of you... leaving no good option.  I've found that going may get you into trouble, but staying creates even more.  Obstacles still come up when I go in the direction I feel God leading.  However, when I stay, I find myself rooted deeper in fear and everything else that holds me hostage.  Not only do I have to dig my way out of insecurity or some dimminshing label, but then I still have the original problem staring me in the face.  Hence the term "double trouble".  The circumstance (or quiz as I like to refer to it lately) keeps coming back until I look it boldly in the eye and shoot it with the stone in my sling shot.

God...He always provides.  When the Israelites found themselves on the shore of the Red Sea (Ex 14), they were faced with a choice:  complain or trust?  When they found the well but the water was bitter (Ex 15), complain or trust?  When they were hungry without food (Ex 16), complain or trust?  Complain or trust?  Complain or trust?  No more complaining.  In this season, I am choosing to trust.  When I chose to follow after Him, He always gives me the strength I need to endure life's challenges.  So I guess the question is this "Why not go?"