The Israelites are stuck. They’re at a mountain. No doubt, many of us feel this way or have felt this way at some time or another. Stuck in the same place we’ve been, with limited to no progress. The Israelites appeared to be stuck. They had been in Horeb for about a year — in the same place for an entire year. And what makes matters even more discouraging is that what God promised them was on the other side of the mountain. Can you imagine how frustrating this must have been for them? To know where they were “supposed” to be, but to be camped out on the other side? To know what God said, but for that not to be what you see? To have a mountain, obstacle, or hindrance blocking your view? But see, many times we convince ourselves that we’re stuck because of something else; when the truth is, we’ve chosen to be stuck. We’ve become complacent and comfortable. We’ve turned a momentary situation into forever, when it was never meant to be forever.