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And God says: \u201cGet out of here! Move on! Scat!\u201d \u00a0The Children of Israel have made themselves comfortable and safe in their temporary mountain home at Horeb, but it is time for them to move on. They need to leave their comfort zone. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Leaving our comfort zones, stepping out of safe spaces we have created for ourselves physically and emotionally, creates anxiety and stress. Yet entering the non-routine can spark creativity. Because he is forced out of the routine of Horeb, Moses develops a new kind of leadership that is more effective in the new circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n

But not everyone is Moses, and many people cannot harness the exhilaration of leaving the known in order to create something new. \u00a0Thus, the discomfort of the unknown causes the People of Israel to allow fear to guide their actions. Moses says to the people, \u201cyou have empirical evidence that God is on your side. You have firsthand knowledge of God\u2019s ability to care of you\u2014of all of us\u2014on this journey from slavery to freedom. You see the fire by night and the cloud by day that physically guides us, allowing us to be secure that we are on the right path. How can you let fear contradict your own first- hand experience!?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Human beings do need fear in order to survive. If we didn\u2019t have fear we would walk into traffic, burn ourselves by touching a hot flame, or walk off of a high building. \u00a0But for many of us, like for the children of Israel when they leave Horeb, there is no direct correlation between clear and obvious danger and a fearful response.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Children of Israel have been here before, standing at the edge of the Promised Land, deciding what to do. Have they learned anything in the 40 years since that first chance? When we leave our comfort zones to take on new challenges, the transition should be easier if we take what we have learned from past similar situations into the new ones. <\/span><\/p>\n

But in the case of the Children of Israel, the lesson they choose to take with them is the fear of the unknown, rather than the possibility of trusting in themselves, in Moses, and in God to help them succeed in the new situation. Perhaps Moses\u2019 anger, and God\u2019s anger and subsequent punishment of the Children of Israel is born out of fear too. Perhaps God is afraid that human beings do not have the power to distinguish between situations in which fear is justified and situations in which we take false comfort in fear, because it is easier to fear than to trust.<\/span><\/p>\n

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