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We should obey this command, even though our eyes cannot pen etrate the darkness, and we feel the cold waves about our feet. The obstacles that hinder our progress will never disappear be fore a halting, doubting spirit. Those who defer obedience till ev ery shadow of uncertainty disappears and there remains no risk of failure or defeat, will never obey at all. Unbelief whispers, ‘Let us wait till the obstructions are removed, and we can see our way clearly;’ but faith courageously urges an advance, hoping all things, believing all things.” Patriarchs and Prophets , 290.2. We need to remember that it is not God’s way to reveal the whole future to His children at any given point of time. Those who insist, as did the Israelites at Kadesh, on knowing what the future holds before they are prepared to move forward, demon strate a lack of faith in God’s ways. The only possible outcome is a greater mistrust in and separation from God. That, in turn, spells failure and unrest which further deprives them of God’s peace—that abiding peace which passes understanding. It is not natural for human beings to rest the unknown in God’s able care. It requires enlightened faith to achieve this. But those who are laboring to enter into His rest will learn these principles from the Master Teacher and practice them faithfully day by day. Every time God unfolds new testing truth to His people, the same problem arises again. It is not God’s way to disclose every detail of new light in a single revelation, but what teacher does? The first day a student enters school, the tutors do not try to ex plain all the problems which attend a subject. They lay down the basic principles and the student has to grasp these first before proceeding to more advanced studies. The student is expected to trust the teacher’s judgment by studying each day’s assign ments, leaving unresolved questions and new subject areas in the teacher’s hands. God teaches us in a similar way. Consequently, His children need faith in Him as their Teacher. Then they will trust Him to decide what they shall learn and when they shall learn it. Their Progressive Revelations of Light